Powerlifting
Powerlifting is a sport for male and female athletes with a physical disability. It has no classification system save the minimal disability criteria and, like its able bodied counterpart competitors are divided into weight categories.
For men the weight bands start at 48kg and go up to +100kg and for women they start at 40kg and go up to +82.5kg.
Men and women compete on a specially designed bench in a horizontal lying position . An assistant gives the bar to the competitor at the level of his/her outstretched arms. The athlete then lowers the bar to their chest, holds it immobile for a short period and then lifts and holds it with locked elbows. The athlete must complete this sequence within 2 minutes for the lift to be valid.