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Classes and equipment

  1. Who is eligible for para rowing?A physical impairment must at least equal losing three fingers on one hand, a foot amputation or a set loss of points on the chart.

Racing

  1. How is para rowing kept safe?Organisers, the technical delegate and the jury agree special safety plans for PR1 and PR2 crews, such as extra rescue boats for the PR1 single and care in weather that causes extreme body temperatures.
  2. Can a para rowing crew change after the draw?Only rowers with an eligible class and status race internationally.
  3. What if a para rower moves more than their class allows?At the Paralympics, qualification regattas, world championships and World Cups, classifiers may watch training and racing for strapping or movement that does not match a rower's class.
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