#wheelchair athletics

[weirdstrangeandawful]

Wheelchair racing with a rib fracture? Ow.

Very ow.

I have potentially made some poor decisions

[rimbaudsleg]

Gently down the stairs

[cy-cyborg]

I realised my recent paralympics posts could be read as, "i hate the paralympics" kind of stuff and thats not what i wanted. Its important to be able to critisise the things we love, and the reason why i had so many strong feelings/opinions is because i do genuinely love and care about the Paralympics and disability sports as a whole. So with the paralympics due to start in a few weeks (the 28th of August) please, if you're able to, tune in, even if it's just for the highlights.

The Paralympics themselves have a lot of issues which I already talked about, but a good amount of those issues stem from a perceived lack of interest/care from the public and the idea that "no one will care" if things arent right for us. It's much harder to justify not paying the athletes as much as their abled counterparts when they get the same publicity, it's harder for the organisers and people behind the scenes to get away with mistreatment when there's more eyes watching and more pressure to fix the issues. The athletes deserve respect, they deserve equal pay (which mostly comes from advertisers/sponsors, which depend on viewership) and their hard work deserves to be seen as more than just a funny joke or inspiration porn tear-jerker. Engage with places that treat the event and participants with the dignity it deserves.

If you're in Australia, channel 9 will be showing and streaming the highlights for free, but Stan Sports will be showing everything from every event - which is an absolutely MASSIVE thing. The entire paralympics have never been televised in Australia before, its only ever been highlights and some of the games of the more well-known sports. It sucks its locked behind a premium paywall but so was the full Olympics coverage this year, so it's not fully unique to us at least.

As for international viewers, try and find where things are for you and if they aren't being shown, put pressure on your TV networks/streaming services to include it for next time, or to include similar things like the disabled events at the commonwealth games (for those in commonwealth countries) or other global disabled sporting events - which can include sports not in the Paralympics!

[missriyochuchi]

In case you’re still curious about the wheelchair skaters from the Paralympic handover ceremony, it’s called wheelchair motorcross, or WCMX, it originated in the U.S. and absolutely needs to be a Paralympic event!

[animerunner]

I got the news yesterday the company I want to go with can make the racing chair for me. (Plus size currently and will be in the hips for at least another 70 pounds = wider wheel base = something they've never actually tried before, yeah for being a guinea pig). And I got about as emotional getting that order form in the email as i was getting the grant acceptance emails earlier this year.

[yourdailyqueer]

Verity Smith

Gender: Transgender man

Sexuality: N/A

DOB: N/A

Ethnicity: White - British

Occupation: Prof rugby player, activist

Note: In 2019, he suffered a severe spinal injury after being tackled by a female player. After recovering from the injury, he played wheelchair rugby with the Leeds Rhinos.

[sunnycanwrite]

What Paralympics sport do you see Barbara Gordon doing?

[glowtrait]

pediatric wheelchair with colorful spoke covers (inspired by the lover album artwork) i made for my girl, addie!

[haveyoutriedthis]

[jettison-my-gift]

God, no-one tell JKR about wheelchair rugby. Her head would explode.

[weirdstrangeandawful]

OH MY GOD, HOW DID I NOT DISCOVER THIS SOONER?!

I tried wheelchair racing for the first time today and it was so fun. I remember why I used to like sports. Things are so much easier when you aren't in as much pain!

I cannot express just how happy I am right now.

also apologies for falling off the face of the earth my chronic illness decided to chronic illness real hard the past couple days

[castielsprostate]

my hands hurt from pushing a wheelchair all day and i finally understand how jesus felt being nailed to that cross i think

[rimbaudsleg]

I think I'm in love

[animerunner]

Holy shit that’s my sport in the newest episode of Bluey. Definitely not something we get everyday to see representation in kids show.

And today was race day for me as well! So this just makes it extra special.

[from-the-notebooks]

Looking forward for wheelchair fencing

And we're done...

... no, wait, we're not

The Paralympic Games are coming!

[trendynewsnow]

Daniel Romanchuk and Susannah Scaroni Win New York City Marathon Wheelchair Races

Daniel Romanchuk and Susannah Scaroni Triumph at the New York City Marathon In a remarkable display of athletic prowess, Daniel Romanchuk clinched victory in the men’s wheelchair division of the New York City Marathon for the third time, finishing with a time of 1:36:31. The 26-year-old athlete sprinted away from his competitors in the final stretch through Central Park, securing a hard-fought…