Track and Field

RULES OF THE GAMES

Athletics consists of several disciplines: races, jumps, throws, combined events, walking and marathon. A judge gives commands the athets must put themselves in position of departure and the pistol of the judge the

HISTORY

The first athletic handicapped competitions were held in 1952 when the wheelchair race was on the program of the Stoke Mandeville Games organized for World War II veterans.Athletics was one of eight sports included in the Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960.Over the next 20 years, other disabled families have joined Paralympic competitions, and today, athletics is practiced worldwide by more than 120 countries, making it the most widely practiced Paralympic sport. EQUIPMENT

1. The wheelsThe wheels are attached to the rest of the chair and can be tilted.It is possible to have several types of wheels: spokes, sticks or lenticular.Today, for performance, athletes choose lenticular carbon wheels.

2. HandrailsThe thrusts made on the handrails increase the speed.Athletes use hard or soft gloves that they make themselves.

3. The frameworkThe frame is made of aluminum and with titanium.

4. SteeringAthletes use the steering to steer the wheel of the wheelchair in the curve of the race course.

DISABILITIES CATEGORIES

1. Athletes with physical disabilities

Amputee Athletes

Athletes with spinal cord injury

Athletes with cerebral palsy

Other categories: athletes with conditions causing locomotor problems and not covered by the categories mentioned above.

DATE

The dates of the athletics for the Paralympics 2016. The events were on Sunday, September 8, 2016

Lina Bouzini