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    A wheelchair is a mobilized form of chair using 2 or more wheels, a footrest, and an armrest usually cushioned. It is used when walking is difficult or...
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    Wheelchair basketball is a style of basketball played using a sports wheelchair. The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) is the governing...
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    A motorized wheelchair, powerchair, electric wheelchair or electric-powered wheelchair (EPW) is a wheelchair that is propelled by means of an electric...
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    Wheelchair fencing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France will be held between 3 and 7 September. There will be a total of sixteen events: eight...
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    Wheelchair racing is the racing of wheelchairs in track and road races. Wheelchair racing is open to athletes with any qualifying type of disability, including...
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  • showcourts – Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium and Grandstand. The wheelchair events were not held this year due to scheduling conflicts with the Paris...
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  • before 2023) are a parasports multi-sport event for athletes who use wheelchairs or are amputees. Organized by World Abilitysport (formerly IWAS), the...
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  • Wheelchair racing at the 2004 Summer Olympics featured as a demonstration event within the athletics programme at the Athens Olympic Stadium on 22 August...
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    Marathon (redirect from Wheelchair marathon)
    can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair divisions. More than 800 marathons are held worldwide each year, with...
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    Wheelchair rugby (originally murderball, and known as quad rugby in the United States) is a team sport for athletes with a disability. It is practiced...
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  • Wheelchair Romeo is a 2022 Indian Kannada language comedy film directed by Nataraj G. The film stars Ram Chethan and Mayuri Kyatari. The music was composed...
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    A wheelchair ramp is an inclined plane installed in addition to or instead of stairs. Ramps permit wheelchair users, as well as people pushing strollers...
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    ages, tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late...
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    people with impaired mobility, through the provision of facilities like wheelchair ramps, the term can include other types of disability. Accessible facilities...
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  • athlete mentor and a former member and captain of the Great Britain wheelchair rugby squad. Brown was raised in a family that supported Crystal Palace...
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    A wheelchair lift, also known as a platform lift, or vertical platform lift, is a fully powered device designed to raise a wheelchair and its occupant...
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    Wheelchair fencing (also called Parafencing) is a version of fencing for athletes with a disability. Wheelchair fencing is governed by the International...
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    Wheelchair curling is an adaptation of curling for athletes with a disability affecting their lower limbs or gait. Wheelchair curling is governed by the...
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    International Symbol of Access (ISA), also known as the International Wheelchair Symbol, denotes areas where access has been improved, mostly for those...
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    World DanceSport Federation (WDSF). Wheelchair couple dances are for two wheelchair users or for one wheelchair user with a "standing" partner and include...
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    Wheelchair tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France ran between 30 August and 7 September. It featured singles and doubles events in men's...
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  • of sports played using wheelchairs Wheelchair basketball Wheelchair handball Wheelchair rugby Wheelchair rugby league Wheelchair tennis Sports which use...
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    virtual event in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the city, while the wheelchair division was cancelled. Including the 2020 event, 40 men and 34 women...
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    the 2012 Paralympics. In wheelchair racing athletes compete in lightweight racing chairs. Most major marathons have wheelchair divisions and the elite...
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    Daniel Romanchuk (category American male wheelchair racers)
    3, 1998) is an American Paralympic athlete who competes primarily in wheelchair racing events. He won the Chicago Marathon on October 7, 2018. Less than...
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    Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis adapted for wheelchair users. The size of the court, net height and rackets are the same, but there are...
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  • England, comprising singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior, wheelchair and Invitational tournaments were also scheduled. It was the 137th edition...
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    A wheelchair-accessible van is a vehicle that has been modified by increasing the interior size of the vehicle and equipping it with a means of wheelchair...
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  • de Groot and Dylan Alcott also accomplished the feat, in wheelchair singles and wheelchair quad singles respectively. Non-calendar-year Golden Slam:...
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  • lists of wheelchair tennis champions: List of men's wheelchair tennis champions List of women's wheelchair tennis champions List of quad wheelchair tennis...
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