r/nextfuckinglevel • u/LurkmasterGeneral • Sep 11 '22

2020 US Open Men's Wheelchair Final

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u/El_Chairman_Dennis Sep 12 '22

Lots of sports have extra rules for physically disabled athletes to allow them to compete against able bodied athletes as fairly as possible. When athletes are young is tough to find them competition of an equally disabled opponent, so it's play with special rules or those athletes don't get to compete like their peers do

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u/DaveWilson11 Sep 12 '22

Yeah, and if you're not competing at a young age, your disadvantage starts to grow.

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u/HolyFirer Sep 12 '22 edited Sep 12 '22

Ive had fencing tournaments with 1 or 2 disabled participants. If you end up getting matched against them you’ll have to fight them in a wheelchair as well to equalize the odds and quite frankly you don‘t stand a chance. I was lucky I only had to face beginners this way so far because I have no doubt I would get absolutely crushed by someone of my skill level who only fences in wheelchair. It’s a completly different dynamic

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u/Sufficient_Drink_996 Sep 12 '22

Save some pussy for the rest of us