This reminded me of something I was going to ask the list a while ago. I don't know if anyone read about this but in the recent Boston Marathon 2 Canadians were disqualified for doing the course in wheelchairs. They are able-bodied athletes who participate regularly in wheelchair racing as a sport ( this is apparently allowed in Canada). They say that wheelchair racing is a sport of it's own and don't feel they have an advantage - that in fact, the playing field, so to speak, is levelled for TAB and disabled athletes alike. I was wondering what you all think about this. 

Yvonne

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When the first national wheelchair games were held on this date
in 1957, 75 individuals paralyzed from the chest down from the
U.S. and Canada competed.  The games, held at Adelphi College,
Garden City, N.Y., included the 60-yard dash, javelin throwing,
table tennis, and other team and individual events.  Three years
later the first paralympics were held in Rome and have been held
every four years since.  At the last games in 1996, some 4,000
athletes from 102 countries competed in everything from archery
to basketball, cycling and fencing.

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