Paralympics: Disability categories under fire over fairness at Tokyo Games

Paralympics: Disability categories under fire over fairness at Tokyo Games

The Straits Times - Sports·2021-08-30 17:00

TOKYO (AFP) - 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.

French swimmer Theo Curin, whose lower legs and hands were amputated after a bout of meningitis as a child, is sitting out the Tokyo Games over his unhappiness with the system and how athletes are assessed.

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