Wheelchair curling is a strategic and precise sport adapted for athletes with physical impairments, offering a unique blend of teamwork, skill, and strategy. Played on ice with modified curling stones and delivery sticks, athletes compete by sliding stones towards a target area, aiming for accuracy and precision in this exciting competition.
Wheelchair Curling
Overview
Events & Disciplines
The competition is open to teams of 4 athletes (2 male and 2 female).
Rules & Equipment
No stone must be of greater weight than 19,96kg or of greater circumference than 91,44cm or of less height than 11,43cm. A handle is attached to every stone to lift, deliver and release it. Delivery of the stone can be used by the normal hand delivery or by using the extender cue. The introduction of the cue, the end of which is attached to the handle of the stone and then pushed, has allowed athletes with a more severe impairment to curl on the same level playing field.
Classification
The sport is open to male and female athletes who have a physical impairment in the lower half of their body in the lower half of their body, including spinal-cord injuries, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis and double-leg amputation. Athletes usually require a wheelchair for daily mobility.