Athletics at the Summer Paralympics
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Athletics at the Summer Paralympics
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Athletics has been contested at every Summer Paralympics since the first games in 1960. Men and women from all disability groups compete in the sport. Some athletes use wheelchairs or prosthetic limbs and compete in their respective sport independently and under their own power. Visually impaired athletes participate in running events with the help of a sighted guide, to whom they may be attached by a tether. Sound-emitting devices or a sighted "caller" are used to indicate target areas for thro
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_Summer_Paralympics
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2008-08-19T17:05:13Z
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2024-09-11T07:49:24Z
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