ELIGIBLE
Wheelchair
Classcope explanation
Wheelchair Curling has a single Sport Class: unlike most Para sports, athletes are not split into sport classes - they either meet the Minimum Impairment Criteria (a real, significant lower-limb impairment) or they do not. There is no official public code for this class in the Rules; Classcope labels it "Eligible" to distinguish it from the Rules' own "Not Eligible (NE)" designation.
Eligible Impairments
Sport Class profile
2.4 Athletes must meet at least one of the following Minimum Impairment Criteria:
Limb deficiency: Bilateral below knee / trans-tibial amputation : through ankle amputation (Symes amputation) is not eligible; or Unilateral hip disarticulation; or Bilateral congenital Dysmelia equivalent to bilateral trans-tibial amputation.
Impaired Muscle Power: Loss of power in the lower limbs so that any residual power in the legs is less than a total of 40 in the manual muscle testing described in Article 3.1.2 (score for a leg with unimpaired muscle power = 80).
Impaired Passive Range of Motion: Permanent loss of joint range of 50% or more across 2 or more of the large joints (hip, knee, ankle) in each leg.
Hypertonia: Hypertonia in the both lower limbs graded using the modified Ashworth Scale at grade 3 or grade 4 across 2 or more of the large joints (hip, knee, ankle) in each leg, or all 3 joint in one leg.
Ataxia, Athetosis: Score of 2 or less (normal = 6) on the coordination tests defined in Article 3.2 Appendix One.
2.5 Multiple Sub-minimal impairments In addition to the criteria outlined in 2.4 the following combination of impairments would be accepted as meeting the requirements of the Minimum Impairment Criteria: 2.5.1 Unilateral above knee amputation and muscle strength in the other leg of less than 25/40 defined as above.
Appendix One, Article 2 · page 44 ↗Important
Classcope provides classification information and decision support only. It does not determine official eligibility, Sport Class or Sport Class Status.