Byron Green of Victoria and Trevor Hirschfield of Parksville among 12 players nominated for Paris Games
Three B.C. wheelchair rugby athletes are among the dozen nominated to Team Canada in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
Byron Green of Victoria, Trevor Hirschfield of Parksville and Joel Ewart of Prince George are on the team that includes nine returning members from Tokyo 2020, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and Wheelchair Rugby Canada said in a news release announcing the nominations Thursday . Mike Whitehead makes his sixth Paralympic Games appearance, followed by Hirschfield and Travis Murao heading to their fifth Games, and Patrice Dagenais and Zak Madell at their fourth.
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