What is the FT4 level of Paralympic Games? What do these levels mean?

Categories of Disabled Persons Participating in Paralympic Games

Visual disability.

Limb disability (motor dysfunction), including cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, amputation and other limb disabilities.

Basic Classification of Disabled Persons (Sports Competition)

Visual disability (IBSA): It is divided into three grades, B 1, B2, B3.

Cerebral palsy (CP-ISRA): divided into 8 grades, 1-4 (sitting in a chair) and 5-8 (not sitting in a chair).

Spinal cord injury (ISMWSF-IWAS): divided into 8 grades, 1A, 1B, 1C (quadriplegia), 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (paraplegia).

Amputation and other limb disabilities (ISOD-IWAS): Amputation is divided into 9 grades, A 1-A9. Other physical disabilities are divided into six levels, L 1-L6.

Graded content

Sports level: according to the sports that athletes participate in, they are graded according to the standards.

Minimum Disability in Competition: Determine whether athletes meet the minimum competition and disability standards.

Classification of the Grade State of Sports Events

In order to ensure the accuracy and authenticity of classification, it is also necessary to classify the grade state of sports events. Sports event level status is divided into the following categories:

1. New athletes who fail to pass the international scoring component need to be scored before the competition, and some need to be rechecked during the competition (n)

2. Although it has been graded by the international grading team in the past, it needs to be reviewed before or during the competition (R)

3. The General Provisions of the International Paralympic Committee on Athletes' Qualifications, which was confirmed by the International Classification Group (P) in the past, is a general condition that all athletes participating in the Paralympic Games must abide by. These rules ensure that the basic rights and obligations of the International Paralympic Committee and its member associations are protected and recognized, and safeguard the moral and spiritual principles founded by the Paralympic Movement.

According to the degree of disability, people with physical disabilities can be divided into amputation and other disabilities, spinal cord injury and cerebral palsy.

The sports activities that amputees and other disabled people participate in include: weightlifting, aerobics, chess, track and field, swimming, archery, shooting, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair fencing, table tennis, wheelchair tennis, volleyball and so on.

Among them, the events are: track and field, swimming, weightlifting, archery, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair fencing, table tennis, wheelchair tennis, shooting and volleyball.

Disabled people with spinal cord injury participate in aerobics, chess, track and field, swimming, weightlifting, archery, shooting, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair fencing, wheelchair table tennis, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair dance and other sports activities.

Among them, the events are: track and field, swimming, weightlifting, archery, shooting, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair fencing, table tennis, wheelchair tennis and wheelchair rugby.

The sports activities that cerebral palsy patients take part in are aerobics, chess, track and field, swimming, table tennis, shooting, hard bowling, football, wheelchair tennis, wheelchair rugby and so on.

Among them, the events are: track and field, swimming, table tennis, hard bowling, football, wheelchair tennis and wheelchair rugby.

Sports activities that visually impaired people take part in include: aerobics, chess, track and field, swimming, gateball, table tennis for the blind, judo, football for the blind and so on.

Among them, track and field, swimming, gateball, judo and football for the blind are listed as competitions.