Ahead of National Paralympic Day on Saturday 7th September we will be running a series of interviews on the Paralympics - particularly wheelchair basketball. If you want to know more about the sport of wheelchair basketball click HERE for an introduction to the sport (go to the bottom of the page). Liam Holt is our first interviewee, he plays wheelchair basketball and was part of Channel 4's Paralympic presenting team during London 2012. Holt was keen to encourage people who hadn't played or seen wheelchair basketball to get involved. He said: "It's a fast-paced game which is brutal at times! To me it is just as exciting as the able-bodied game." "The wheelchairs add a different dimension, the element of positioning and controlling the chairs make the game more strategical." "It's exciting to watch, like an extreme chess or chess with violence! People who come for the first time are pleasantly surprised by what they see." ...
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