With athletes vying for medals across a total of 549 events in 22 sports at the Paris Paralympics, striking the right balance in the classification of impairments that vary in degree and nature is vital to ensuring fair and entertaining competition.Aiming to achieve the most level playing field as possible among athletes, Paralympic competition is segmented far more than at the Olympics, which featured 32 sports but had only 329 events in Paris this summer.Athletes with physical, visual or intellectual impairments are eligible to compete at the Paralympics, with the classification carried o…READ FULL ARTICLE
