For the first time in Rafting history Para-athletes are ready to compete at the World Championship next weekend.
Tomorrow, one year after the test event in Ukraine, rafters from Armenia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Russia will fly to Kiev and paddle the WRF disciplines on the Dnieper river: Downriver, Slalom and RX .
The WRF Para-Rafting Worlds begins on Dnieper on Friday, October 11.
“The crews must be numerically composed of 4 athletes” told Oleksandr Bakanychev, President of the WRF Para-Rafting Commission, “in the R4 LTA (LTA means Amputee, Class 3: legs, torso, arms can work) the team must be composed of 4 LTA Amputee Athletes, whereas in the R4 OC category the crew must be composed of 2 disabled athletes and 2 able-bodied athletes”.
OC means “Open category” and the eligible Impairments:
•Visual Impairment Class B3
•Hearing Impairment (Deaf athletes)
•Down Syndrome
