Equestrian, by BIELECKI Léna

A summer paralympic sport: Equestrian.

The rules:

Equestrian cinsists in a draw up a horse.

The athletes must do two resumption impose and one resumption unrestricted with music.

By team, they must do one resumption impose by the jury.

They are four by team and one must be registered in categorys one are two.

History:

Equestrian was seen for the first time in 1984 at a New York, butit has been present systematically since in 1996 at the United States.

Equipement:

The athles must have a horse.

But the equipment can be adapted according to disability.

The athletes must have:

-A saddle allowing a better bal anced.

-Of reines allowing the use of a single hand are of wrist for better grep stirrups allowing of keep of reines from to bridge.

A blind or particully sighter rider may be guide since form edge of the runway.

Classification:

Grade one: It regroups the athletes with a deficiency in the balance of the trunk, ie a limited motor movement of the limbs. Only the footstep is a allowed in gait for the rider of the grade la, these of grade lb can to trot.

Grade two:It regroups the athletes with a deficiency in the balance of the trump.

Grade tree:These are all hemplegie athlets with sever disability in the arm and blind of graf riders. Grade four: it combines the lighter handicaps with either a problem with one or two members or a visual impairment. All paces are allowed, including gallop with lateral movements.