Classification Fraud in the Paralympic sport ┃Sports knowledge 2 Go

welcome dear sports fans to another video from sport knowledge to go I hope you're well today it's about the Paralympics the most specifically about the classification system so let's get into the [Music] topic each sport in par Olympic sport has its own classification system so in some sports for example swimming or possibly at are allowed to compete and in other thoughts such as Bia only athletes from one type of disability are allowed to compete so that means that there is no uniform classification system that can be generalized what is standardized however is that every athlete in any sport must undergo the classification in this classification various tests are being completed under the observation of a classification committee through which the athlete can be placed in the appropriate class it can also happen that the athlete cannot be assigned to class and therefore cannot compete the classification committee consists of several people but the most important are the classifiers who are specific to one spot athletes must be reclassified if their disability changes in such way that they no longer fit into the class or if the classification guidelines change here's an overview of the international organization of par Olympic sports as you can see there are a lot of organizations each of these organizations has its own classification system however the central organization is the EPC it carries out the classification in several spots so let's take a look into the classification system of the international we Bas fation in the classification system athletes are rated and classified with points from 1 to 4.5 there are also athletes who don't fit exactly into one class so they're between two classes the can also receive half a point for example 2.5 if the athletes between two and three the sum of the points of the five players on the field was not exceed 14 at any time during the game it happens time and again that athletes are accused of cheating in the classification process but this is rarely uncovered and officially confirmed athletes pretend to be more disabled than they actually are or completely invent their disability if the fraud is not disc discovered during the classification process they are placed in a class that is not intended for them giving them an unfair Advantage however although classification fraud is morally unacceptable it happens more often than you might think therefore many people and also many classifiers would like to see new technology and classification in order to be able to determine disabilities more reliable and reduce or completely avoid classification fraud so let's take a look into an example of classification fraud amander right austalian athlete who changed a spot many times is a great example for classification fraud she's been accused of exaggerating symptoms Amanda R started her career as a par Olympic athlete in 2012 as an intellectually disabled swimmer in 2015 she was competing as a visually impaired athlete and in 2016 she changed her spot and competed as a cyclist to a CER bro py Watkins amander rights former trainer stopped coaching RA in 2014 when he saw her again in 2015 she was competing as a visually impaired athlete he said this is a girl who has been driving a car so know to be with the white stick was quite unbelievable in 2016 she started as a cyclist with C bro in just one year later a footage was leaked where she worked like a normal healthy person but is it possible to make such rapid improvements with cable poliy Richard gunite Clinical Director of neuroscience at Sheffield says the damage of of CRA reposes permanent brain damage it doesn't come and go officially Amanda never cheated in the classification system but with a little bit common sense you can clearly see that he cheed multiple times to have more success in the par Olympic spot in order to prevent classification fraud classification needs new technology so some classifiers in neurology would like to have more possibilities for example to be able to measure brain waves this technology would make it possible to determine more precisely whether or how severe the disability is another important aspect is that athletes should be observed the days before the classification as there are many techniques such as Co was before classification with C poy which makes C poy worse observing the athletes before classification such cheating could be eliminated in conclusion I would say that you can probably never completely avoid classification fraud but you can make it much more difficult for the athletes to cheat and make it much less common I hope you learned a lot from the video and that you enjoyed it fur more leave a like and smash the Subscribe button