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I had a motorbike accident that left me partially
paralysed. Paraplegic.
Amongst the amazingly good things that came out of
that, I
discovered para-sports.
Through that, I realised that my chances of becoming a
world-class athlete (overall) were massively improved by
having a near-fatal
accident. My whole life before, I was
fit and healthy, but had no illusions that i could compete
at national level in any sport. After the accident, I found
I
was in a (comparatively) small pool of people who could
compete at international para-level in many sports. Not
that I actually did- I just got on with my life.
But I did look at criteria for competing in (for instance)
Paralympic sailing, and found that I didn’t meet the
minimum (or rather maximum) ability criteria for any
particular Paralympic class. I’m not “disabled enough” to
qualify for any category. There are lots of categories of
disability in paralympics.
Which got me thinking...
If you’re going to categorise competitive sports classes
on
the basis of ability... where (and how) do you draw the
line?
I suppose this is just a philosophical pondering, but taken
to the extreme, there could be an Olympic medal for
“Slightly overweight, myopic, underprivileged unfit 47-
year-old neurodiverse male javelin” category.
Taken to the extreme, there is a class for every sport (or
competitive endeavour), which takes into consideration
your physical and mental composition, your genetic
disposition, and the sum of your lifetime experiences, in
which you are the world number one.
Well done!
Have a gold medal!
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Even with the category perfectly tuned to "me", I'd probably
only get bronze... |
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Taken to the extreme there could be an 'unlimited' category of athlete where drug testing and surgical augmentation wouldn't factor in. |
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'sides, gold medals are over-rated. I won one once for being the only one in my weight class. |
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[Frankx], this is the best idea you've ever posted in the Sport:Disabled category. Goooooold !!! |
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We like this idea. The selected peer group needs to be small, and contain others who are not as good as you at the stated task - that way, you don't win by simple default - some effort is required - but final victory is certain. |
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This is certainly by far the best idea with this name on the Halfbakery. One issue with this fine degree of categorisation though is the argument that the *real* gold medal winner in Paralympic sports is the winner of the silver medal as the winner of the gold medal has demonstrated, by winning this medal, that they are 'overqualified' for their category. |
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We have a great shot with my son holding an
Olympic gold. One of the team USA swimmers
came around to his swim class for pictures. I think
most have seen it on the Facebook group. |
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Maybe a round medal with an appropriate slice of gold. |
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