BBC documentary about unfair classification in Paralympic sport

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Angelica789 · 09/06/2021 19:41

On now.

Complaints that some athletes aren’t as disabled as they claim and the classification system is unfair. Apparently talking about discrepancies in classification is absolutely banned.

Interesting because there are obviously overlapping arguments here with transwomen in sport. How can a fair playing field in sport be ensured?

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Angelica789 · 09/06/2021 20:00

One British athlete says he was reclassified in the run up to 2012 when the chase for gold medals was on. He was put into a lower ability category where he won his first race so easily it was embarrassing. He wasn’t happy to compete in that classification again but obviously plenty of athletes don’t have those scruples.

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MouseyTheVampireSlayer · 09/06/2021 19:48

I do wonder how they do this. Someone like Katrina Webb for example has such mild cerebral palsy she didn't realise till her teens. She obviously does very well, but cp is so unique to the individual I doubt it could ever be truly 'fair'. Obviously they don't put moderate sufferers with mild, but even within the numbers classification there's such s range it would be difficult to balance.

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