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This classification is for disability athletics. [1] This classification broadly covers athletes with intellectual disabilities. [2] The classification by Buckley goes on to say "To become eligible to compete in the Paralympic Games, all athletes with an Intellectual Disability have to reach the primary eligibility criteria, which is determined by:
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.
Athletes needed to be at least 18 years old to compete. This was to prevent still growing children from competing in this class despite otherwise not having a disability. [8] 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 ...
Though this is Mason's second time competing at the Paralympic Games, it will be completely different than her last experience. In Tokyo Mason won the gold in the 4x100-meter mixed medley relay ...
The Paralympic Games can also be streamed on Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, the official Paralympic YouTube channel and the International Paralympic Committee website. 2024 Paris Paralympics TV ...
Brazilian athlete Wendel Silva Soares in the 400 m wheelchair race at the 2007 Parapan American Games. Wheelchair racing is the racing of wheelchairs in track and road races. . Wheelchair racing is open to athletes with any qualifying type of disability, including leg amputees, spinal cord injuries, and cerebral pal
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.
Athletes with an intellectual disability after racing at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Para-athletics is the sport of athletics practiced by people with a disability as a parasport . The athletics events within the parasport are mostly the same as those available to able-bodied people, with two major exceptions in wheelchair racing and the club ...