Japan wheelchair basketball player ineligible for Tokyo Paralympics

The Japan Wheelchair Basketball Federation said Tuesday that a member of the Japanese women's team has been deemed ineligible to compete at the Tokyo Paralympics for not being compliant with the International Paralympic Committee's classification rules.In January, the IPC ordered the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation to verify that 132 athletes, whose disabilities fell into the 4.0 and 4.5 classifications, were actually compliant with the IPC's qualification code.In July, the IPC announced that nine wheelchair basketball players would be ineligible for the Paralympics.The Japan…READ FULL ARTICLE