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After the training session, President Milanovi\u0107 wished the Croatian team great success in the competition, saying that they are in such good shape that not even professional basketball players would be able to score against them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cImpressive! If people without disabilities were to play against them now they wouldn\u2019t score, not even professional basketball players. This is physically very demanding and in this sport one can also see how far a society has come in caring for and supporting people with disabilities and special needs of this kind. In a sport like this, those who have been investing for a long time are the best, not those who are otherwise the best in basketball. Croatia is moving forward here, we\u2019re not bad,\u201d said President Milanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Croatian wheelchair basketball has been around since the 1970s, but interest in this very attractive sport for people with disabilities increased sharply after the Homeland War, when many young Croatian war veterans joined the sport. Wheelchair basketball thus evolved from just one group in Zagreb into a structured organization that is today composed of a First and Second League and boasts a men\u2019s national team hoping to qualify for Division A in Sarajevo, which would earn it a place in the top group of European national teams. The establishment of a women\u2019s national team is underway, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The best wheelchair basketball in Croatia is currently played in Split, Zagreb and Zadar. One of the leading Croatian wheelchair basketball players is Dino Sinov\u010di\u0107 from Split, who is also one of the world\u2019s greatest Paralympic swimmers and who will arrive at the European Championship straight from the World Swimming Championships. In addition to Dino Sinov\u010di\u0107, the best Croatian wheelchair basketball players are Admir Demirovi\u0107 and Ante \u0160timac. The coach of the national team is Sini\u0161a Kuhari\u0107 from Rijeka, who this year received the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Annual Award for his dedicated volunteer work with disabled people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from President Milanovi\u0107, also attending the training session of the Croatian National Wheelchair Basketball Team were Me\u0111imurje County Prefect Matija Posavec, President of the Croatian Paralympic Committee Ratko Kova\u010di\u0107, Head of the Municipality of Nedeli\u0161\u0107e Nikola Novak, Secretary of the Wheelchair Basketball Federation Damijan Lisska, national team assistant coach Igor Ograj\u0161ek, national team spokesman Kristijan Sirotich and Commissioner of the President of the Republic for Sports \u017deljko Jovanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n<!--GALLERY BLOCK-->\n<div class=\"c-lightbox-gallery js-lightbox\">\n                <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               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