科技助力残疾人奥林匹克运动--以轮椅竞速运动为例

Support of Sci-tech in Paralympic Sport---A Case Study of the Wheelchair Racing

轮椅竞速经过近60年的发展历程,运动员所使用的竞速轮椅经历了由普通轮椅向运动型轮椅、竞速专用轮椅分化发展的过程,同时也是轮椅竞速运动持续快速发展的过程。本文回顾了轮椅竞速专用轮椅的发展过程、碳纤维轮椅的性能,以及轮椅竞速运动的发展历史与现状,探讨轮椅技术的改善对提高轮椅竞速运动员成绩所起的重要作用,并对轮椅竞速运动和竞速专用轮椅的远景做出瞻望,以阐明科技元素在残奥运动发展过程中发挥的重要作用。

Wheelchair Racing has developed over the past 60 years.The wheelchair in Wheelchair Racing underwent a history from customary wheelchair,sport wheelchair to racing wheelchair.It is also the history of the rapid development of Wheelchair Racing.In this article,performance of carbon fiber wheelchair,evolution of racing wheelchair and development of Wheelchair Racing events are reviewed.The important role of wheelchair technology in improving the performance of wheelchair racers are discussed,the prospects in Wheelchair Racing in the future are forecasted to exemplify the important role of scientific and technological elements in the development of Paralympic sports.