Do have to agree. When a participant brings in his or her own lawyer and own medical specialist to prove that he or she is more disabled, more visually impaired, more retarded etc in order to underclassify, the world has truly has gone made.
During the Sydney Games, a member of the Spanish Gold medal winning team revealed that he was an undercover journalist and 8 of the 11 members were not even intellectually disabled and the federation did it for jobs and sponsorship, the curtains began to rise.
How sad it is when mum and dad force their kids to do this to compensate for their disability. Imagine praying hard that your "loved" one needs to score below 70 in the IQ or that that all 4 limbs are When people pretend they are deaf.
Has anyone actually seen the dressage event. You are going to be very surprised and you go away very disillusioned with life.
Here is a sample from the technical document and I have not even mentioned what the neurologist has to provide.
PROFILE 12: All 4 limbs severely impaired, but able to walk. Fair to moderate trunk control.
12a: Severe difficulty controlling all four limbs when performing an activity.
12b: Severe deformity or weakness in all four limbs.
The first thing that you hits you is that only rich families can participate.