Effect of vision impairment on match-related performance and technical variation in attacking moves in Paralympic judo

In Paralympic judo for athletes with vision impairment (VI judo) all eligible (i.e. B1, B2 and B3 classes) compete against each other in the same competition. Evidence suggests that more may be disadvantaged, but sensitive measures of performance are necessary to understand impact on performance. The aim this study was investigate relationship between Para sport class technical variation, time-motion variables, judo. All 175 matches from Rio 2016 Games were analysed across 129 competitors (82 male 47 female). main results indicated who demonstrated less variation also experienced competitive success, functionally blind (class B1) demonstrating than partially sighted B3) (p < 0.05). There no difference variables classes > We conclude differences suitable studies impairment-performance VI Results further confirm some disadvantaged under current rules