Samuda Welcomes IPC's Decision to Hold Classification in Tokyo
04/04/21
President of the Jamaica Paralympic Association, Christopher Samuda, has welcomed the recent decision of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to permit athletes in ten sports to be classified at this summer's Tokyo Paralympic Games which temporarily reverses its "zero classification" policy which was instituted in 2014 barring classification at the games.
President Samuda in commending the world governing body stated "that the IPC, yet again, is responding sensitively and practically to the realities and in so doing is exemplifying the equitable principles of sport of fairness and equality of access."
The ten sports in which athletes will be classified in Tokyo are athletics, rowing, sitting volleyball, boccia, canoeing, cycling, judo, swimming, wheelchair rugby and wheelchair tennis.