wheelchair basketball

collocation in English

meaningsofwheelchairandbasketball

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wheelchair
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwiːl.tʃeər/us
/ˈwiːl.tʃer/
a chair on wheels that people who are unable to walk use for ...
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basketball
noun
uk
/ˈbɑː.skɪt.bɔːl/us
/ˈbæs.kət.bɑːl/
a game played by two teams of five players who score points by throwing a large ball through an open net hanging from a ...
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(Definition ofwheelchairandbasketballfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Athletes were given an eight-level-score specific towheelchairbasketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5.
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Her occupational therapist suggested to herwheelchairbasketballto help her recovery.
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Competing athletes are given an eight-level-score specific towheelchairbasketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5 with lower scores representing a higher degree of disability.
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He was active inwheelchairbasketballand wheelchair tennis, competing internationally with the latter.
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Athletes are given an eight-level-score specific towheelchairbasketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5.
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He began withwheelchairbasketballwith fourteen in a disabled sports club in anlurfa.
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He then switched sports towheelchairbasketball, making his national team debut in 1998.
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During rehab, she was introduced to the sport ofwheelchairbasketball.
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Later, in 1987, she took upwheelchairbasketball.
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It was represented by an all-male team, with five competitors in athletics, three in swimming, and awheelchairbasketballteam.
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Competing athletes are given eight-level classification points specific towheelchairbasketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5 with lower points representing a higher degree of disability.
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After becoming an incomplete paraplegic as a result of a fall from a building in 1994, she took up wheelchair tennis and laterwheelchairbasketball.
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In the 1960swheelchairbasketball, fencing, snooker and weightlifting were also introduced.
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He has a physical disability: he is 1 pointwheelchairbasketballplayer.
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He has a physical disability: he is a 3 pointwheelchairbasketballplayer.
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The names of thewheelchairbasketballteam members are not known as they are not recorded in the original hardcopy final results publication.
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She retired from the nationalwheelchairbasketballsquad in 2011 to concentrate on sailing.
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He has a physical disability: he is a 2 pointwheelchairbasketballplayer.
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At first, he used to playwheelchairbasketballwith his friends.
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At that time,wheelchairbasketballwas the most common team sport for wheelchair users.
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