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- From: cs631112@umbc8.umbc.edu (cs631112)
- Subject: Re: Racing wheelchairs
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.021747.11975@umbc3.umbc.edu>
- Sender: Joshua Engel
- Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County Campus
- References: <wf2zgHe00VQjEFrT4L@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 02:17:47 GMT
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- Which brings up a point I had been wondering about:
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- Are those who race in the wheelchair divisions always handicapped?
- Or are there some who, while able to walk, would rather race on
- their arms than their legs?
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- (I am never near enough to the front to even see the wheelchair
- racers either before or after the race.)
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- I see no reason why walk-able atheletes should be banned from
- the wheelchair division, although I imagine that those who have to
- spend their lives in wheelchairs have a decided advantage of practice.
- But is there anybody who tries?
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- Personally, I don't have the upper body strength to push myself
- even a mile, much less the 26.2 I try to run.
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