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Para Standing Lower Limb Loss

Definition of Adaptations:

  • Athletes missing a foot to a full loss of one or both legs.

  • All highland games rules and regulations apply other than identified permissible adaptations and event weights.

Permissible Adaptations:

  • Prosthetic Leg/Legs

Event Weights - Men - Must be used for Official Field, National, Continental and World Records

  • Caber - Approximate equivalent for reference: Womens to Masters depending on adaptive capabilities (No Official Records kept as cabers vary between competition.)

  • Sheaf Toss - 16lbs

  • Light Hammer - 12lbs

  • Heavy Hammers - 16lbs

  • Weight for Height - 42lbs

  • Light Weight for Distance - 28lbs

  • Heavy Weight for Distance - 42lbs

  • Open Stone - 16-22lbs

  • Braemar Stone - 20-26lbs

Event Weights - Women - Must be used for Official Field, National, Continental and World Records

  • Caber - Approximate equivalent for reference: Youth to Women’s caber depending on adaptive capabilities (No Official Records kept as cabers vary between competition.)

  • Sheaf Toss - 10 lbs

  • Light Hammer - 8 lbs

  • Heavy Hammers - 12 lbs

  • Weight for Height - 28 lbs

  • Light Weight for Distance - 14 lbs

  • Heavy Weight for Distance - 28 lbs

  • Open Stone - 8-12 lbs

  • Braemar Stone - 13-18 lbs