The classifications in which rivals with a minimum of among the qualified disabilities are organized into are:
Amputee: Athletes with a partial or overall loss of a minimum of one limb.
Cerebral Palsy: Athletes with non-progressive mental retardation, consisting of spastic paralysis, terrible brain injury, stroke or comparable conditions that can impact muscle control, balance and/or co-ordination.
Intellectual Disability: Athletes with considerable disability in intellectual working and associated restrictions in adaptive behaviour.
Wheelchair: Athletes with spine injuries and other specials needs that need them to contend in a wheelchair.
Visually Impaired: Athletes with visual disability. This can be partial loss of sight (sufficient to be figured out lawfully blind) to overall loss of sight. The professional athlete and their spotted guides are thought about a group and both can win medals.
Les Autres (Others): Athletes with a handicap that does not fall strictly under among the other 5 classifications, such as dwarfism, several sclerosis or genetic defects of the limbs.
Individual sports will then categorize their own occasions even more.
For example, rowing occasions will be divided into 3 classes.
- PR1 consists of rowers with very little or no trunk function who mainly move the boat through arm and shoulder function. These rowers have bad sitting balance, which needs them to be strapped to the boat/seat.
- PR2 will consist of rowers that have practical usage of their arms and trunk however have weakness/absence of leg function to move the seat.
- PR3 consists of rowers with recurring function in their legs which permits them to move the seat. This class likewise consists of professional athletes with a vision disability.
A complete guide to each sport’s categories can be discovered on the Olympics site.
