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  2. Wheelchair - Wikipedia

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    Sport wheelchairs are rarely suited for everyday use, and are often a 'second' chair specifically for sports use, although some users prefer the sports options for everyday use. Some disabled people, specifically lower-limb amputees, may use a wheelchair for sports, but not for everyday activities. [citation needed]

  3. T51 (classification) - Wikipedia

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    Wheelchair propulsion is achieved with a pulling action using the elbow flexor and wrist extensor muscles". [3] They defined this technically in 2011 as "These athletes will usually have elbow flexion and wrist dorsiflexion muscle power to grade 5, a decrease of shoulder muscle power especially pectoralis major, and triceps muscle power from ...

  4. Para-athletics - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Assistive technology in sport - Wikipedia

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    A New York City Marathon competitor uses a racing wheelchair.. Assistive technology in sport is an area of technology design that is growing.Assistive technology is the array of new devices created to enable sports enthusiasts who have disabilities to play.

  6. Marilyn Hamilton - Wikipedia

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    Marylin Hamilton (born 1949) is an American inventor, athlete, and entrepreneur, known as the co-founder of Quickie Wheelchairs. After a 1978 hang-gliding accident left her paraplegic, Hamilton sought to improve wheelchair design, co-creating the lightweight and customizable Quickie wheelchair in 1980 with Jim Okamoto and Don Helman.

  7. In a first, London Marathon awards wheelchair and non ... - AOL

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    In Boston, the top prize for the wheelchair division was $40,000. In the open division, the non-disabled male and female winners took home $150,000 — more than three times as much.

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