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Paralympic disability categories under fire over fairness

Ten types of impairment are accepted at the Paralympics, broadly covering physical, visual, and intellectual disabilities

French swimmer Theo Curin is sitting out the Tokyo Paralympics over his unhappiness with the classification system. AFP Photo
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

They're supposed to be about making parasports fair, but the category system central to disabled sports and the Paralympics, which classifies athletes according to their impairment, is increasingly under fire.

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