Paralympic disability categories under fire over fairness
Ten types of impairment are accepted at the Paralympics, broadly covering physical, visual, and intellectual disabilities
PREMIUM Olympics 2024
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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