Athletes in the sport are classified according to their level of impairment within a wheelchair and given a point rating.

What qualifies someone for the paralympics. Each sport on the rio 2016 paralympic games programme has established a set of criteria which athletes and teams must meet in order to obtain qualification. 10 types of impairment are accepted at the paralympics, broadly covering physical, visual, and intellectual disabilities. It determines which athletes are eligible to participate and the structure for how they are categorised for events.

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Every athlete wishing to qualify for the paralympic games in london must meet the “minimum qualifying standard,” as set by the ipc. Impaired muscle power impaired passive range of movement limb. The paralympic games or paralympics, also known as the games of the paralympiad, is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities,.

Because each paralympic sport has different classifications to determine eligibility for disability impairments there is a threshhold (minimum) of disability criteria that all. I had qualified for the 2021 paralympic games in tokyo. The paralympics are for athletes with a physical, intellectual or visual impairment.

Players with the least impairment. Those standards can be seen here. But within each impairment category there are a vast range.

Apart from that, special olympics and the paralympics differ in three main areas: In the paralympic games, the eligibility criteria differ across sports and disability groups. There are a total of 10 eligible impairments for contenders in a paralympic games.