S9 (Classification)

s9 sb8 sm9 are disability swimming classifications used for categorizing swimmers based on their level of disability swimmers in this class generally have severe weakness in one leg this class includes a number of different disabilities including people with amputations and cerebral palsy the classification is governed by the international paralympic committee and competes at the paralympic games this classification is for swimming in the classification title s represents freestyle backstroke and butterfly strokes sb means breaststroke sm means individual medley jane buckley writing for the sporting wheelies describes the swimmers in this classification as having severe weakness in one leg only swimmers with very slight coordination problems swimmers with one limb loss unless there is an underlying medical condition usually all of these athletes will start out of the water swimming classifications are on a gradient with one being the most severely physically impaired to 10 having the least amount of physical disability this class includes people with several disability types include cerebral palsy and amputations i sod amputee a8 swimmers may be found in this class thank you for watching like and subscribe if you would like to view more of our videos have a nice day you