International service members, veterans join for 2017 Invictus GamesThe U.S. Swimming team trains for the Invictus Games at Hofstra University in New York, September 19, 2017. The Invictus Games, established by Britain’s Prince Harry in 2014, brings together wounded and injured veterans from 17 nations for 12 adaptive sporting events, including track and field, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, swimming, sitting volleyball, and new to the 2017 games, golf. (DoD photo by Roger L. Wollenberg)"It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.”
After tuberculosis impaired both of his legs, William Ernest Henley penned his 1888 poem, “Invictus,” which celebrates how resilience can triumph over adversity. Soon, 550 wounded, ill, and injured service members and veterans will show the world just what Henley’s words truly mean.
The third Invictus Games, to be held in Toronto, Ontario, from September 23-30, 2017, is an international Paralympic-style competition which draws together athletes from 17 allied nations to participate in nearly a dozen adaptive sports, including archery, athletics, cycling, indoor rowing, powerlifting, sitting volleyball, swimming, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, and wheelchair tennis. New to this year’s lineup is adaptive golf, which incorporates modified equipment for competitors facing physical or cognitive disabilities.
Team U.S. includes 90 service members and veterans from the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, and U.S. Special Operations Command, many of whom count the Department of Defense Military Adaptive Sports Program (MASP) as a major driver throughout their journey to recovery. MASP provides competitive athletic opportunities to wounded, ill, and injured service members through year-round adaptive sports camps and clinics held across the Nation.
Riding on the tails of the 2017 DoD Warrior Games this summer, the Invictus Games marks the second major competition of the year for many U.S., Australian and United Kingdom athletes. Britain’s Prince Harry founded the Invictus Games after attending the 2013 DoD Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colorado. There, he was inspired by the power adaptive sports had on physical, emotional, and spiritual recovery for wounded Service members. Fast forward one year, and the inaugural Invictus Games launched in London in Sept. 2014. Last year, America bared the torch in Orlando, and now, Toronto will host the 2017 event.
View the full list of Service members and Veterans competing for Team U.S.
Follow the games @WarriorCare, September 23-30, 2017
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