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Reply To: | St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List |
Date: | Sat, 3 Jun 2000 01:38:47 EDT |
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As I recall, a person has to qualify to be allowed to run that marathon. Why
should it matter whether they do it on foot or wheels? They have themselves
leveled the playing field through training and making the qualifying time.
How is the competition unfair?
In a message dated 06/02/2000 6:07:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> I have a question, though about your response to my post. Are you saying =
> it is ridiculous for them to compete in wheelchair racing? I took it the =
> other way - if wheelchair racing IS a legitimate sport, then why would =
> anyone be barred from participating regardless of ability? As I understand
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> it, there is no physical advantage in the race. Wouldn't it be
discriminati=
> on to exclude based on ability? These are serious competitors - they train
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> regularly. One got into it as a form of upper body training. And as I =
> said, in Canada one does not have to be disabled to compete in this sport.
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> I'm not trying to be funny or rude... I just would like to know what =
> people think and why.=20
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