Para athletics

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Para athletics is the sport of athletics practiced by people with a disability as a Para sport. The athletics events within the Para sport are mostly the same as those available to able-bodied people, with two major exceptions in wheelchair racing and the club throw, which are specific to the division. Certain able-bodied events are rarely contested as Para athletic events outside deaf sport; pole vault, triple jump, hammer (of which the club throw is sometimes considered the Para athletic equivalent) and the three hurdling events. The sport is known by various names, including disability athletics, disabled track and field and Paralympic athletics. Competitors may be called either Para atheletes or athletes with disability.

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