Disability Japan Paralympics Tokyo 2020

Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Marathon event classes announced

"The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Marathon event will feature a total of five classes, including a class for men and women with visual impairments (T12), male amputees (T46), and men and women's wheelchair users  (T54). Athletes with visual impairment will be allowed to be accompanied by a guide runner. The players must hold the elbows of the guide runners or hold on the ropes and run, as they must not be separated by more than 50 cm."

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by Michael Gillan Peckitt
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Written with extracts from Jiji Press

April 8th 2019

The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Marathon event will feature a total of five classes, including for a class for men and women with visual impairments (T12), male amputees (T46), and men and women’s wheelchair users  (T54). Athletes with visual impairments will be allowed to be accompanied by a guide runner. The players must hold the elbows of the guide runners or hold on the ropes and run, as they must not be separated by more than 50 cm.

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