A look at the different para swimming classification codes that are used during the 2024 Paralympic Games.
The 2024 Paralympics gets underway on Thursday - and viewers will get used to seeing a number of different categories for each event. But what do they mean?One of the first sports to be competed at this year's Paralympics is para swimming, which gets underway early on Thursday morning.races are contested under the 'S' classification - which places each athlete into a certain group depending on whether they have a physical, visual and intellectual impairment.
For the 'S' classification, athletes are placed in a group from 1 to 10 based on their type of physical impairment, which can range from impaired muscle power to a loss of limb or leg-length difference.They must use a tapper - assistants positioned outside of the water who tap the athlete when they get close to one end of the pool. This is optional for athletes in the other two visual impairment categories.
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