This, to a certain extent, is similar to grouping athletes by age, gender or weight. Classification across the Paralympic Movement is governed by the IPC Athlete Classification Code and Standards.

With the Paris 2024 Paralympics well under way, we take a look at how the classification system works in para-sport – and how ...

The Classification Code of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), inter alia, mandates the development of evidence-based systems of classification. This paper provides a scientific background ...

The aim of this study was to reach expert consensus on how issues specific to VI sport should be addressed in evidence-based classification. Method A four-round Delphi study was conducted with 25 ...

It is a new Paralympic category for McKillop, whose previous gold came in T37 which was removed prior to the 2019 World Championships. Five years on from becoming Northern Ireland's first boccia ...

However, a CNN Sport analysis has found that many of their Paralympic colleagues are being paid less to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars. In many countries, National Olympic and ...

Only three of 22 sports at this year's Paralympics included events for II athletes, and despite it being an umbrella category, there was only one class in which athletes could compete. But a ...

Members of Paralympic contingent, sarpanches from top-performing villages, handloom artisans, and forest and wildlife conservation workers are among the nearly 10,000 special guests invited to witness ...