With the new 2017 now upon us, here’s a chance to remind yourself exactly how the different classes in World Para Athletics are defined. The World Para Athletics classification system serves two key ...

In para-sport, athletes have an impairment that creates a disadvantage in their performances. To minimise that impact, classification is used. It determines who is eligible to compete in a para-sport ...

With the Paris 2024 Paralympics well under way, we take a look at how the classification system works in para-sport – and how are athletes’ classifications defined? The idea behind classifications is ...

Classification forms the cornerstone of the Paralympic movement and challenges the threat of one-sided and predictable competition, where the least-impaired athlete always wins. It determines which ...