Adaptive Sports: Interview with Andre, Part 2
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A wheelchair rugby player with a spinal cord injury explains the game’s rules and the functional classification system, which ranks players by physical ability to ensure fair and strategic team play.
A wheelchair rugby player with a spinal cord injury explains the game’s rules and the functional classification system, which ranks players by physical ability to ensure fair and strategic team play.
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