Paraclimbing

Athletes are placed into a sport class based on how much their impairment affects their ability to carry out the fundamental activities in paraclimbing.

[1] Sports classification for competitions differentiates paraclimbing from adaptive climbing in general.

[7] In January 2023, the IPC shortlisted paraclimbing as one of two options for new sports at the 2028 Summer Paralympics, deferring approval to the Games' organising committee.

[15] functional wrist joint In the 2022-2023 season AU1 was permanently combined with RP1, and a new category of upper arm limb difference was added.

AU3 is the designated sport class for athletes with limb differences between the wrist and tips of the fingers.

During this evaluation session, classifiers test the Para-athlete to determine the correct sport class for them.