New Paralympic wheelchair basketball eligibility rules have ruined dreams, and raised significant questions

Annabelle Lindsay is one of two Australian Gliders who recently had their hopes of competing dashed by a change in the classification rules for wheelchair athletes set to compete at the Games, being told they were now ineligible just weeks before the proposed start of the Games, had they taken place this year.

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Topics:
Community, Inclusion and access, Policy reform

Author:
Simon Smale

Source:
ABC News

Date published:
Sun 23rd Aug, 2020