Wheelchair basketball, which was excluded from the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games because the classification rules were not followed, will be added to the competition again as the IPC = International Paralympic Committee says that the competition is improving. Announced that it has become.
In January last year, the IPC decided to exclude wheelchair basketball from the competition at the 2024 Paris Paralympics because it did not follow the classification rules.
For this reason, the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation has been reviewing the rules for classification and taking measures such as requesting competition groups in each country to re-examine the classification of athletes.
In response to this, the IPC announced on the 22nd that the board of directors decided to replay wheelchair basketball at the Paris tournament, saying that it would improve.
However, he points out that sanctions will be taken again if it is determined that these improvement measures do not meet the conditions required by the IPC in the future.
"We are pleased that the International Federation has made significant progress in reviewing the classification," said Parsons, chairman of the IPC.