How long has para-sport been involved with the Commonwealth Games and the para sports, athletics and swimming dates in 2022
In this article, we will try to find out more about para-sports at the Commonwealth Games.
Before para-sport were fully included in the Commonwealth Games, there were Commonwealth Paraplegic games that were held alongside the official Commonwealth Games from 1962 to 1974. The Paraplegic competition was sometimes also called the British Commonwealth Paraplegic Games and Paraplegic Empire Games.
Commonwealth Games 2022 Para Sports, Swimming And Athletics Dates, Schedule And Sports Events List
Six Para sports will kick off on 29 July, 2022 including medal events in Para cycling and Para swimming. Para athletics will start on 2 August.
Swimming and para swimming events are scheduled to take place from 29 July and 3 August 2022, across fifty-two events including twelve parasport events.
The athletes taking part in the competition were generally those with a spinal injury or polio deficiency. The first Paraplegic Games were held in 1962 however, the games had to be cancelled in 1974, due to the declining popularity of the event.
The Commonwealth Games are the only multi-sport event that feature equal standing for sport and para-sport events. These 2022 Games will showcase the largest para-sport program ever.
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It's getting very close to the start of the Commonwealth Games here in the West Midlands – very exciting and very colourful too.
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List of Countries that hosted the Commonwealth Paraplegic Games
• Australia
• Jamaica
• New Zealand
•Scotland
Athletes with disabilities were first involved in exhibition events held at the 1994 Victoria Games in Canada. In the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games, athletes with disabilities were involved as full members of their national squad, making para-sports a fully inclusive International multi-sports game. After being included in Commonwealth Games, during the 2006 Melbourne Games in Australia, a total of 189 para-athletes across 25 countries took part in Athletics, Swimming, Table Tennis and Powerlifting competing for medals in a total of 12 events.
Since then, the participating nations had been sending para-athletes in large numbers to compete for the glory. The para-sports in Commonwealth Games are different from the Paralympics, where a separate para-sport program is held for the para-athletes followed by the conclusion of the Olympic Games.
Whereas in Commonwealth Games, the events of para-sport are held alongside the other CWG program, that’s what is different from Paralympic events.
Talking about the inclusion of para-sport, the 2018th edition of the Commonwealth Games saw the participation of more than 300 para-athletes competing for the medals over 38 events across the seven sports including the first-ever introduced wheelchair marathon event.
The CWG, 2022, Birmingham will mark the largest ever para-sport program in the history of the Commonwealth Games. The athletes will now also compete in the new addition of a 3×3 wheelchair basketball.
List of para-sport that will feature in Birmingham, 2022 games
• Athletics
• Swimming
• 3×3 Chair Basketball
• Cycling (Track)
• Table Tennis
• Triathlon
• Powerlifting
• Lawn Bowls
• Archery
• Canoe Sprint
• Shooting