Wheelchair Basketball Competition Group "Take All Measures" IPC Warning on February 1 at 12:16

After the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) warned that wheelchair basketball could be excluded from the Tokyo Paralympic Games, the International Wheelchair Basketball Athletics Association did not adhere to the rules regarding classification of athletes' disabilities. Stated that he would take measures such as "taking all measures." Attention will be paid to whether it can be improved by the deadline set by the IPC in May.

The Tokyo Paralympic Games will kick off in August if the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation does not adhere to the IPC rules for classifying athletes based on disability on the 31st, unless it is improved by May 29. Warned that wheelchair basketball could be excluded from the competitions.

The IPC states that it is necessary to re-evaluate the classification based on the rules of the IPC for the lightest and the lightest disabled players among the eight classes of classes. Stated that he would take measures such as "take every possible measure so that the competition could take place at the Tokyo Games."

Wheelchair basketball is one of the most popular in the world and has become a hot spot in the Paralympic Games, and it will be interesting to see if the Federation can improve the points pointed out by the IPC in the three months before the deadline.

In response to the IPC warning, the Japan Wheelchair Basketball Federation has always appealed to the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation to change the rules to meet the requirements of the IPC.

Japanese sports organization "Compliance with regulations is a prerequisite for participation"

According to the Japan Wheelchair Basketball Federation, "We are confirming the facts announced by the International Paralympic Committee. Classification is the basis of parasports, and observance of IPC classification rules is required for participation in the Paralympic Games. The International Federation of Wheelchair Basketball has been calling for a change to regulations that meet the requirements of the IPC, and our wheelchair basketball will continue to be a Paralympic sport. We will do our best to do so, "he said, and will consider taking action as soon as the plans of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation are announced.

Wheelchair basketball is a popular sport

Wheelchair basketball is one of the most popular para-sports competitions in the world of para-sports, with five teams playing on the same court and goal as ordinary basketball.

In Japan, popular manga artists have made works and have been introduced in TV dramas and commercials, so their popularity has been high, and they are listed in competitions where lots of applications have been made for lottery sales of Tokyo Paralympic tickets.

The Japanese national team has participated in the Paralympic Games 11 times in a row, with the seventh place in the Seoul Games in 1988 and the Beijing Games in 2008 being the highest, and the ninth place in the previous Rio de Janeiro Games. .

The girl has so far won two bronze medals in the 1984 Stoke Man Devil and the 2000 Sydney Games, but failed to compete in the 2012 London Games and the last time in Rio de Janeiro.