2024-06-06 06:59:02
SPORTS
Irene Valarezo, a 32-year-old athlete with cerebral palsy, is Ecuador’s foremost consultant in body working. In July 2024, Ella Irene will journey to Denmark in hopes of acquiring practical classification, a outcome that can permit her to formally compete in worldwide tournaments.
“The practical classification is a selected class that they offer us in sports activities tailored to individuals with disabilities to compete extra equitably based on the performance of the physique,” explains Irene, a local of Santo Domingo. Throughout her 10-day keep in Denmark, Irene will take part in an intensive camp that features an analysis course of and her participation in three races of 60, 80 and 100 meters. “This aim will lastly be achieved. We have already got every part organized. This month we are going to proceed with the variation stage and we are going to proceed working, to be prepared for July,” stated the Ecuadorian athlete throughout a coaching session on the Los Chasquis monitor in Quito. Body working is a sport that was created in 1991 in Denmark, designed particularly so that individuals with cerebral palsy can apply monitor and street athletics. Though it has not but been included within the Paris 2024 Paralympic Video games, the self-discipline is contested within the World Para Athletics Championships and is preventing for its inclusion in future editions. Body working athletes use a sort of three-wheeled bicycle, identified colloquially as a ‘tricycle’ by Irene, which permits them to assist themselves and coordinate their actions. The competitions cowl quick distances, reminiscent of 60, 80, 100, 200, 400 and 800 meters, in addition to lengthy distances, together with 5 and 10 kilometers and half marathons.