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Musselman. The Malones also worked on the same staff as assistants for the New
York Knicks in 2003-04. Brendan Malone has 27 years of NBA experience, including
a stint as an assistant to Chuck Daly on two championship teams in Detroit.
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big time.Theres serious money for a few through performance and sponsorships,
and wily ways to get an edge. There are also heated debates about the intricate
classification system, levels of impairment and whether athletes are placed in
the wrong classes.If the classification is too high, an athlete may not be able
to compete fairly; too low and the athlete could gain an unfair advantage.And
then, of course, theres doping.When something is competitive, there are revenues
that are linked with that, Peter Van de Vliet, the medical and scientific
director of the International Paralympic Committee, told The Associated Press.
We have athletes with professional managers. We have athletes who make their
living out of the sport. Going home with a medal can make a whole lot of
difference in certain countries, in certain cultures.About 4,350 athletes are in
Rios Paralympics, each with unique differences that have to be classified. Lines
have to be drawn to group similar impairments, or impairments that yield similar
results.Thats when the disputes begin.Tanni Grey-Thompson, an 11-time British
Paralympic gold medalist, has been critical of incorrect classification with
athletes trying to get an advantage by misrepresenting an impairment, which she
has said amounts to cheating.An example is American swimmer Victoria Arlen, who
won a gold medal and three silvers in the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. But
the IPC disqualified her a year later, ruling her paralysis from the waist down
was not permanent.Earlier year this she began to walk again without
assistance.There are other ways of getting an edge:BOOSTING: This is a method
for inducing autonomic dysreflexia , which boosts blood pressure and blood flow
-- and hence performance. It is often used by athletes with upper spinal cord
injuries. The IPC has outlawed the practice and monitors systolic blood pressure
over 160.DOPING: Four athletes tested positive during the London Paralympics
four years ago. The IPC said about two dozen more were detected in the days
leading up to the games and were banned. The practice occurs mostly in
powerlifting. The IPC is now storing samples for re-testing, following the lead
of the IOC, and will do 1,500 blood and urine tests in Rio.INTELLECTUAL
DISABILITY: In the most famous case, the 2000 Spanish basketball team was forced
to return a gold medal when it was discovered that team members did not have
intellectual disabilities.There are 10 impairment groups -- physical, visual and
intellectual. But the 22 Paralympic sports adjust the groups to suit their
sport, swelling the classifications to hundreds. Athletes complain theyre not
always fair.Take the case of American Allison Jones, an eight-time Paralympic
medalist in cycling and skiing. She was born without a right femur (leg), but
competes in cycling against women with two legs, but who have neuromuscular
diseases.Its hard for a lot of my family and friends to watch me compete against
girls with two legs, she said. They dont get it. They dont see why thats fair.
But the other girls have to have such neuromuscular issues -- lower body, upper
body -- that puts them in my classification.She agrees there must be classes,
but can dispute the logic or science behind it.ddddddddddddAt the end of the day
youre stuck with whatever they classify you, she said. So at that point you
either step up, or bow out.The Paralympics are more than a benign version of the
Olympics. In fact, a few performances are better than the Olympics.The top four
finishers in the mens 1,500 on Sunday -- in the T13 class for visually impaired
-- all had better times than the Olympic champion in Rio, American Matthew
Centrowitz. Abdellatif Baka of Algeria won in 3 minutes, 48.28 seconds.
Centrowitz ran 3:50.00 in an admittedly slow, tactical race.German amputee
long-jumper Marcus Rehm, who jumps with a carbon fiber blade, holds the
Paralympic world record of 8.40 meters. This is better than the winning Olympic
jump of American Jeff Henderson, at 8.38.Van de Vliet, the IPC medical director,
said the largest classification disputes involve athletes with loss of function
-- spinal cord injuries, spina bifida and cerebral palsy -- rather than physical
impairment like missing limbs of physical deformities.No matter where a
classification line is drawn, athletes nearest the top border are likely to
benefit most. Teams are even known to recruit athletes in that range, and often
younger athletes.If you walk in and youre missing your leg, youre missing your
leg, Van de Vliet said. People tend to question this way less than one who comes
in and has a problem with coordination impairment, like cerebral
palsy.Television is starting to drive the coverage and revenue.British
broadcaster Channel 4 is telecasting non-stop daily live coverage. Dan Brooke,
the head of marketing, declined to say how much the network paid for the rights,
but called it a successful commercial operation. We make money out of it.Brooke
expected ratings to fall in Rio compared to the 2012 London Games, but he got a
surprise.Weve been amazed to find the audiences for young people are up very
slightly vs. London, he said.Gareth A. Davies, who covers the sport for Britains
Daily Telegraph and Channel 4, said big money is changing the landscape with
countries like China, Britain and Ukraine pouring more resources into
training.Brazilian swimmer Daniel Dias has 11 sponsorships, and that could
increase as he adds to the 10 gold medals he won in the last two Paralympics.
Bladerunner Marlou van Rhijn has become a marketing giant in the Netherlands,
the way Oscar Pistorius was in South Africa.The big sports manufacturers want to
associate themselves with these stories, Davies told AP. They are about the
triumph of the human spirit. So there is marketability here. Not for all of
them, but for a clutch of them.Davies said the classification system is
basically fair.Youll never get away from these competitive athletes trying to
get an advantage to be at the top of their classification, or get into the
classification below themselves, he said. There are advantages that able-bodied
athletes have, too, in certain events, and there are advantages that disabled
people have in certain events.---Stephen Wade on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/StephenWadeAP . His work can be found at
http://bigstory.ap.org/content/stephen-wade
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