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Wheelchair racing was one of the foundation sports at the original 1960 Summer Paralympics. [4] Only wheelchair classified athletes were eligible to compete at the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome in this sport. [40] This continued at the 1964 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo and 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv. [40]
In November 2015, they approved the revised classification code, which "aims to further develop evidence based, sport specific classification in all sports". [2] For the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, the International Paralympic Committee had a zero classification at the Games policy. This policy was put into place in 2014, with the goal of ...
Its purpose is the development of this sport as well as the classification and obtaining the Paralympic quota. An annual series of elite track and field athletic competitions comprising six to nine of the best athletics meetings. [12] Since 2013 an annual Grand Prix season. Since 2016 wheelchair racers as part of the World Marathon Majors series.
The Paralympic Games and para-sports have become powerful catalysts in reshaping perceptions of disability by highlighting the extraordinary capabilities of athletes with disability. Traditionally ...
The Paralympic sports comprise all the sports contested in the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. As of 2020, the Summer Paralympics included 22 sports and 539 medal events, [1] and the Winter Paralympics include 5 sports and disciplines and about 80 events. [2] The number and kinds of events may change from one Paralympic Games to another.
T36 is a disability sport classification for disability athletics. It includes people who have coordination impairments such as hypertonia, ataxia and athetosis. It includes people with cerebral palsy. T36 is used by the International Paralympic Committee. This classification competes at the Paralympic Games.
T35 (T for track) is a disability sport classification for disability athletics' running competitions. It includes people who have coordination impairments such as hypertonia, ataxia and athetosis. This includes people with cerebral palsy. The classification is used at the Paralympic Games.
The sport was first played at the Paralympics as a medal sport in 1980. [1] It had appeared in 1976 as a demonstration sport. [ 1 ] At the 1992 Summer Paralympics , blind people were eligible to participate, with classification being run through IBSA, with all participants wearing goggles. [ 13 ]