Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I have admired the paralympic athletes for their grit and determination in succeeding in competitions, but this article brought me right back to earth.
Some athletes have been 'cheating' by exaggerating their disabilities to get into a different class, and unfair advantage.
A File on 4 special - Paralympic Sport - Fair Play?- spoke to athletes, parents, coaches and classifiers, and uncovered claims of tactics including the taping up of arms, taking cold showers in trunks and even surgery to shorten limbs in a bid to cheat the system.
British T37 200m sprinter Bethany Woodward has handed back a relay medal she won from an event in the past four years, telling File on 4 the inclusion of one of her team-mates was "giving us an unfair advantage".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/41253174
Some athletes have been 'cheating' by exaggerating their disabilities to get into a different class, and unfair advantage.
A File on 4 special - Paralympic Sport - Fair Play?- spoke to athletes, parents, coaches and classifiers, and uncovered claims of tactics including the taping up of arms, taking cold showers in trunks and even surgery to shorten limbs in a bid to cheat the system.
British T37 200m sprinter Bethany Woodward has handed back a relay medal she won from an event in the past four years, telling File on 4 the inclusion of one of her team-mates was "giving us an unfair advantage".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/41253174