Paralympic Judo is for Visually impaired (VI) athletes. The rules are similar to regular (IJF) judo but athletes must take a grip on their opponents uniform (gi) prior to the match starting and maintain physical contact during the match.
Referees help guide the athletes to each other at match start and will intervene if the action is going out of bounds or if contact is lost.
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Paralympic Judo participants are visually handicapped.
No, London has not hosted the Paralympic Games before. The 2012 Paralympic Games will be the city's first.
Japan Paralympic Committee was created in 1999.
Korean Paralympic Committee was created in 2006.
Malaysian Paralympic Council was created in 1989.
British Paralympic Association was created in 1989.
Winter Paralympic Games was created in 1976.
Austrian Paralympic Committee was created in 1998.
Turkish Paralympic Committee was created in 2002.
Paralympic World Cup was created in 2005.
Lithuanian Paralympic Committee was created in 1990.
Finnish Paralympic Committee was created in 1994.