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  • January 21, 2019
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    for Jameis Winston and No. RIO DE JANEIRO -- The Paralympic Games have hit the
    big time.Theres serious money for a few through performance and sponsorships,
    and wily ways to get an edge. There are also heated debates about the intricate
    classification system, levels of impairment and whether athletes are placed in
    the wrong classes.If the classification is too high, an athlete may not be able
    to compete fairly; too low and the athlete could gain an unfair advantage.And
    then, of course, theres doping.When something is competitive, there are revenues
    that are linked with that, Peter Van de Vliet, the medical and scientific
    director of the International Paralympic Committee, told The Associated Press.
    We have athletes with professional managers. We have athletes who make their
    living out of the sport. Going home with a medal can make a whole lot of
    difference in certain countries, in certain cultures.About 4,350 athletes are in
    Rios Paralympics, each with unique differences that have to be classified. Lines
    have to be drawn to group similar impairments, or impairments that yield similar
    results.Thats when the disputes begin.Tanni Grey-Thompson, an 11-time British
    Paralympic gold medalist, has been critical of incorrect classification with
    athletes trying to get an advantage by misrepresenting an impairment, which she
    has said amounts to cheating.An example is American swimmer Victoria Arlen, who
    won a gold medal and three silvers in the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. But
    the IPC disqualified her a year later, ruling her paralysis from the waist down
    was not permanent.Earlier year this she began to walk again without
    assistance.There are other ways of getting an edge:BOOSTING: This is a method
    for inducing autonomic dysreflexia , which boosts blood pressure and blood flow
    -- and hence performance. It is often used by athletes with upper spinal cord
    injuries. The IPC has outlawed the practice and monitors systolic blood pressure
    over 160.DOPING: Four athletes tested positive during the London Paralympics
    four years ago. The IPC said about two dozen more were detected in the days
    leading up to the games and were banned. The practice occurs mostly in
    powerlifting. The IPC is now storing samples for re-testing, following the lead
    of the IOC, and will do 1,500 blood and urine tests in Rio.INTELLECTUAL
    DISABILITY: In the most famous case, the 2000 Spanish basketball team was forced
    to return a gold medal when it was discovered that team members did not have
    intellectual disabilities.There are 10 impairment groups -- physical, visual and
    intellectual. But the 22 Paralympic sports adjust the groups to suit their
    sport, swelling the classifications to hundreds. Athletes complain theyre not
    always fair.Take the case of American Allison Jones, an eight-time Paralympic
    medalist in cycling and skiing. She was born without a right femur (leg), but
    competes in cycling against women with two legs, but who have neuromuscular
    diseases.Its hard for a lot of my family and friends to watch me compete against
    girls with two legs, she said. They dont get it. They dont see why thats fair.
    But the other girls have to have such neuromuscular issues -- lower body, upper
    body -- that puts them in my classification.She agrees there must be classes,
    but can dispute the logic or science behind it.ddddddddddddAt the end of the day
    youre stuck with whatever they classify you, she said. So at that point you
    either step up, or bow out.The Paralympics are more than a benign version of the
    Olympics. In fact, a few performances are better than the Olympics.The top four
    finishers in the mens 1,500 on Sunday -- in the T13 class for visually impaired
    -- all had better times than the Olympic champion in Rio, American Matthew
    Centrowitz. Abdellatif Baka of Algeria won in 3 minutes, 48.28 seconds.
    Centrowitz ran 3:50.00 in an admittedly slow, tactical race.German amputee
    long-jumper Marcus Rehm, who jumps with a carbon fiber blade, holds the
    Paralympic world record of 8.40 meters. This is better than the winning Olympic
    jump of American Jeff Henderson, at 8.38.Van de Vliet, the IPC medical director,
    said the largest classification disputes involve athletes with loss of function
    -- spinal cord injuries, spina bifida and cerebral palsy -- rather than physical
    impairment like missing limbs of physical deformities.No matter where a
    classification line is drawn, athletes nearest the top border are likely to
    benefit most. Teams are even known to recruit athletes in that range, and often
    younger athletes.If you walk in and youre missing your leg, youre missing your
    leg, Van de Vliet said. People tend to question this way less than one who comes
    in and has a problem with coordination impairment, like cerebral
    palsy.Television is starting to drive the coverage and revenue.British
    broadcaster Channel 4 is telecasting non-stop daily live coverage. Dan Brooke,
    the head of marketing, declined to say how much the network paid for the rights,
    but called it a successful commercial operation. We make money out of it.Brooke
    expected ratings to fall in Rio compared to the 2012 London Games, but he got a
    surprise.Weve been amazed to find the audiences for young people are up very
    slightly vs. London, he said.Gareth A. Davies, who covers the sport for Britains
    Daily Telegraph and Channel 4, said big money is changing the landscape with
    countries like China, Britain and Ukraine pouring more resources into
    training.Brazilian swimmer Daniel Dias has 11 sponsorships, and that could
    increase as he adds to the 10 gold medals he won in the last two Paralympics.
    Bladerunner Marlou van Rhijn has become a marketing giant in the Netherlands,
    the way Oscar Pistorius was in South Africa.The big sports manufacturers want to
    associate themselves with these stories, Davies told AP. They are about the
    triumph of the human spirit. So there is marketability here. Not for all of
    them, but for a clutch of them.Davies said the classification system is
    basically fair.Youll never get away from these competitive athletes trying to
    get an advantage to be at the top of their classification, or get into the
    classification below themselves, he said. There are advantages that able-bodied
    athletes have, too, in certain events, and there are advantages that disabled
    people have in certain events.---Stephen Wade on Twitter:
    http://twitter.com/StephenWadeAP . His work can be found at
    http://bigstory.ap.org/content/stephen-wade
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