2008 Events
Athletes with a minimum disability must have the ability to fully extend the arms with no more than a 20-degree loss of full extension on either elbow when making an approved lift according to the rules for their bodyweight.
Men compete in the 48kg, 52kg, 56kg, 60kg, 67.5kg, 75kg, 82.5kg, 90kg, 100kg and +100kg divisions.
Women compete in the 40kg, 44kg, 48kg, 52kg, 56kg, 60kg, 67.5kg, 75kg, 82.5kg and +82.5kg divisions.
Although the IPC designates those athletes with Cerebral Palsy, wheelchair users and Amputee and Les Autres are eligible for the sport of Powerlifting. The Ontario Games Council approved the inclusion of athletes with visual impairments and blindness under a Grandfather Clause at the OPSC level.
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