At Paralympics, women are blazing trails in wheelchair rugby [Video]

When told by the stadium announcer that they were witnessing history, the Paris spectators roared and applauded. Not that the woman making history actually noticed: Sarah Adam was far too occupied — merrily slamming her wheelchair into other players, all of them men, and zipping across the court to score try after try.Related video above: Team USA Wheelchair Rugby preps for Paris at Lakeshore FoundationAdam is blazing trails in France’s capital as the first American woman to compete in the most rough-and-tumble of the 22 sports at the Paralympics — wheelchair rugby.She was in the starting lineup when Team USA kicked off its campaign on Thursday against familiar foe Canada. Her six tries in 16 busy-as-a-bee minutes on court didn’t just contribute to a 51-48 victory in the group-stage game. Her belief and hope is that she’s opening minds by showing that women can thrive in the mixed-gender, but male-dominated, …