Sledge Hockey

Sledge hockey is a sport that was designed to allow participants who have a physical disability to play the game of ice hockey. Ice sledge hockey (also known as sled hockey in the United States) was invented in the early 1960s in Stockholm, Sweden at a rehabilitation center. It is currently one of the most popular sports in the Paralympic Games.

Sledge hockey is adapted from Canada's national pastime, and provides players of all ages and abilities the opportunity to participate in the game. Players sit on lightweight sledges that have two modified skate blades attached to the underside of the sledge. Each player uses two specially designed hockey sticks to push themselves across the ice.

Boccia

Boccia is a sport for athletes with a disability. Similar to bocce, it is designed to be played by people with cerebral palsy and other locomotor disabilities affecting motor skills. It is a Paralympic sport, played in over forty countries worldwide. Boccia is governed by the Cerebral Palsy International Sport and Recreation Association. It is a sport at the Summer Paralympic Games, first included at the New York games in 1984. It is one of three Paralympic sports that have no counterpart in the Olympic program.

Wheelchair Curling

Wheelchair Curling is an adaptation of curling for athletes with a disability. Wheelchair curling is governed by the World Curling Federation, and is one of the sports in the Winter Paralympic Games.

Wheelchair curling is played with the same rocks and on the same ice as regular curling, though the rocks are thrown from a stationary wheelchair and there is no sweeping. Rocks may be thrown by hand while leaning over the side of the wheelchair, or pushed by a delivery stick. This is a pole with a bracket that fits over the rock handle, allowing the rock to be pushed while applying correct rotation. The rock must be touching the center-line at delivery, and be released before reaching the hog-line.

National and international competitions are played under rules devised by the World Curling Federation. These rules mandate that teams be of mixed gender, and that games be six ends in duration. Eligibility is limited to people with disabilities that usually require a wheelchair for daily mobility.

Wheelchair curling can be played by a people with a wide range of disabilities. All that is needed is the co-ordination to exert a measured pushing force, and a tolerance for cold. It is not an aerobic activity. Without the need for sweepers, wheelchair curling is well suited to two-person formats such as stick-curling.

Track and Feild

Variety of sport competitions held on a running track and on the adjacent field. Events include various sprint and middle- and long-distance races, relay races, high jump, long jump, shot put, discus throw, javelin throw, Events are held indoors and outdoors, and records are kept separately; some events are modified or eliminated for indoor competition.

Whether athletes are ambulatory or use a wheelchair, they can participate in many of the events offered in track and field. Athletes are classified by age, disability and ability and compete against others in the same classification. Categories and special equipment.