Para-athletics
Para-athletics is the
Competitors are typically organised into three broad categories: deaf sports, athletes with a physical disability, and athletes with an intellectual disability. Deaf athletes typically compete among themselves, while athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities are usually assessed and given a para-athletics classification, which groups together athletes with similar ability levels. These classifications are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and comprise a single letter and a number: T for Track or F for Field, then a number defining the level of ability. In competition, events may take place between athletes of identical class if numbers are sufficient, otherwise a range of similar classes may compete in the same event.[2] The Raza point score system can be used in field events to allow athletes of different abilities to directly compete.
International governance operates outside of the sport's able-bodied governing body
The name of the sport is derived from a portmanteau of the words
Classification
Competitors at elite level competitions are classified by disability, to arrange athletes with a similar disability in the same event. A classified T12 athlete for example, is a track athlete with a visual impairment.
- F = Field athletes
- T = Track athletes
- 11–13 – Visual impairment. 11 and 12 compete with a sighted guide.
- 20 – Intellectual impairment
- 31–38 – Cerebral palsy
- 40-41 athletes with dwarfism
- 42–46 – Amputation, and others
- 51–57 – Wheelchair
In wheelchair racing, athletes compete in lightweight racing chairs. Most major marathons have wheelchair divisions and the elite racers consistently beat the runners on foot.
Events
Paralympic athletes compete in the following events. Note that not all events may feature at a particular tournament, and not all events may be open to all classifications:
Grand Prix
In 2017 rename from IPC Athletics Grand Prix to World Para Athletics Grand Prix. 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.
Source:
https://www.paralympic.org/athletics/about
Since 2013 an annual Grand Prix season.
Since 2016 wheelchair racers as part of the World Marathon Majors series.
- https://www.paralympic.org/athletics/grand-prix-2013 - 7 Meetings
- https://www.paralympic.org/athletics/grand-prix-2014 - 9 Meetings
- https://www.paralympic.org/athletics/grand-prix-2015 - 9+1 Meetings
- https://www.paralympic.org/athletics/grand-prix-2016 - 9+1 Meetings
- https://www.paralympic.org/athletics/grand-prix-2017 - 9 Meetings
- https://www.paralympic.org/athletics/grand-prix-2018 - 9 Meetings
- https://www.paralympic.org/athletics/grand-prix-2019 - 9 Meetings
- https://www.paralympic.org/athletics/grand-prix-2020 - 9 Meetings (all of events have been cancelled) https://www.paralympic.org/news/world-para-athletics-2020-season-status-update
- https://www.paralympic.org/athletics/grand-prix-2021 - 6 Meetings
- https://www.paralympic.org/athletics/grand-prix-2022 - 7 Meetings
- https://www.paralympic.org/athletics/grand-prix-2023 - 6 Meetings
See also
- Athletics at the Summer Paralympics
- World Para Athletics Championships
- World Para Athletics Junior Championships
- Diamond League
- Para-athletics in Cameroon
- Ajeet Singh Yadav
References
- S2CID 41665733.
- ^ The History of Parasport. Inside the Games. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
- ^ Athletics. CISS. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
- ^ Athletics. Paralympic. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
- ^ Athletics. INAS. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
- ^ Etchells, Daniel (2018-11-19). IWAS welcomes new International Dwarf Sports Federation events to World Games. Inside the Games. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
- ^ Mission. IAADS. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
- ^ Deaf Friendly Athletics Resource. England Athletics. Archived 2019-12-14 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
- ^ Para- Athletics – History Archived 2012-05-31 at the Wayback Machine, Athletics Canada
- ^ About the Sport Archived 2012-06-25 at the Wayback Machine, IPC Athletics
- ^ INAS Global Games. INAS. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
External links
- Paralympic athletics at IPC web site
- Media related to Para-athletics at Wikimedia Commons