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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]
The 4 × 200 metres relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 200 metres or half a lap on a standard 400 metre track. The event is a world record eligible event, but is not a standard event at most professional or collegiate track meets, mainly being found at the high school level, though certain leagues regularly conduct this event as part of ...
Players who achieve a high placing in an event sanctioned by the sponsoring bridge organization (a club game, sectional tournament, regional tournament, etc.) are awarded masterpoints according to their placing and the number of pairs, individuals, or teams who played in the event.
The result of a match is a "tie" when the scores are equal at the conclusion of play, but only if the side batting last has completed its innings (i.e. all innings are completed, or, in limited-overs cricket, the set number of overs has been played or play is terminally stopped by weather or bad light).
For the men's 200 metres, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 20.70 seconds or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 20.90 seconds or faster could be entered.
The 4×200 metres freestyle relay is a relay event in which each of four swimmers on a team swims a 200-metre freestyle leg in sequence. The world records are recognized by and maintained by FINA ("Fédération Internationale de Natation"), the international competitive swimming and aquatics federation that oversees the sport in international ...
Despite being more popular than some men's football events, with one match seeing a 53,000 strong crowd in 1920, [76] [77] women's football in England suffered a blow in 1921 when The Football Association outlawed the playing of the game on association members' pitches, [78] stating that "the game of football is quite unsuitable for females and ...
This is a list of countries by government debt. Gross government debt is government financial liabilities that are debt instruments. [ 1 ] : 81 A debt instrument is a financial claim that requires payment of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor in the future.