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Wheelchair basketball players fail in the quarterfinals
Mareike Miller’s team lost heavily against Canada and missed the semi-finals of the Paralympics for the first time in 20 years.
Mareike Miller is checked
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Mareike Miller’s team lost heavily against Canada and missed the semi-finals of the Paralympics for the first time in 20 years.
The German wheelchair basketball team’s mission to win a medal at the Paralympics in Paris has failed miserably. Mareike Miller’s team was eliminated in the quarterfinals on Wednesday evening after losing 53:71 (22:34) to Canada, missing the semifinals for the first time since the 2004 Summer Games in Athens. Miller was also unable to prevent the elimination. The athlete spokesperson was on the court for the full distance in the Bercy Arena and collected 18 points.
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Historic success story ends
The German team had already failed to win a medal in Tokyo, after winning the 2012 Paralympic tournament in London and taking silver in Rio 2016 and Beijing 2008.
