Class B (classification)

Class B is a Paralympic wheelchair fencing classification.

Sport

This is a Paralympic wheelchair fencing classification.[1] In 2000, BBC Sport defined this classification as "class B those with poor balance and recovery but full use of one or both upper limbs"[2] In 2008, BBC Sport defined this classification was "B: Athletes with poor balance and recovery, but full use of one or both upper limbs. "[1]

Becoming classified

Classification is handled by International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Making sense of the categories". United Kingdom: BBC Sports. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "Guide to the Paralympic Games – Appendix 1" (PDF). London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 2011. p. 41. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
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