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Shooting up: GB scores bronze
A new-look GB men’s wheelchair basketball team had to be content
with bronze at this year’s Paralympic World Cup, as favourites
Australia stormed to gold.
With several of the bronze-winners in Beijing having since retired, it was a relatively inexperienced side that took the court.
That inexperience showed at the start of the contest, with defeats against the USA, Australia and Germany in their opening three matches before going down to the Australians again in the semi-finals. But a much-improved performance in the bronze medal match saw GB claim third place with an impressive 69-49 victory against Germany.
Top scorer Joe Bestwick said that it would take time for the new team to develop.