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The International Paralympic Committee recognises the fastest performances in athletics events at the Paralympic Games. Athletics has been part of every Summer Paralympic Games. In Paralympic athletics competitions, athletes are given a class depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classes are as follows: [1]
IPC World Championships: Lyon, France [17] [40] T38 1:55.75 Nathan Riech Canada 27 July 2023 Canadian Track and Field Championships: Langley, Canada [43] 1:53.87 Nathan Riech Canada 9 June 2019 Portland Track Festival Portland, United States [44] T42 vacant: T43 4:52.67 Record mark: T44 2:02.65 Nour Alsana Saudi Arabia 13 March 2018 Dubai Grand ...
National records in athletics are the marks achieved by a nation's best athlete or athletes in a particular athletics event. These records are ratified by the respective national athletics governing body. A national record may also be the respective continental record (also called "area record" (AR)), or even the world record (WR) in that event.
Jaydin Blackwell celebrates after winning the men's 100-meter T13 final and setting a new world record during the 2024 Paris Paralympic Summer Games at the Stade de France in Paris on Aug. 31, 2024.
Daniel Romanchuk (born August 3, 1998) is an American Paralympic athlete who competes primarily in wheelchair racing events. He won the Chicago Marathon on October 7, 2018. . Less than a month later, he made history as the first American to win the men's wheelchair race at the New York City Marathon, becoming the youngest winner in the event's histor
She was recruited to play wheelchair basketball at the University of Illinois, and while there she also joined the school's wheelchair track and field team. [1] She competed at her first Paralympics in 1988 , taking bronze in the 200 and 400 meter races, silver in the 4×100 meter relay, and gold in the 4×200 meter relay.
For track and combined events, the term "indoor world records" were changed to "short track world records". In some field events, including long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault, and shot put, indoor world records were eliminated. These changes came into effect on 1 November 2023.
He competed over 100–400 m distances at the 2012 and 2016 Paralympics and 2013 and 2015 world championships and won the 100 m event in 2015 and 2016. [2] He currently holds the world record in the 200 m run for the T11 class and previously held world and Paralympic records for the 100 m run (T11), being the first totally blind athlete to run ...