From http://www.usatriathlon.org/...thlon/classification:
"Visual Impairment: legally Blind (20/200 vision with best corrective vision)."
"To qualify for ITU international and USAT sanctioned events, an athlete must meet the minimum disability standard of having a permanent and specific loss of at least 15% function."
So the logic is: if you see 20/200 you must wear blackout glasses to take you to 0/200 to make it fair. By this logic a person with an amputation just above the elbow should be forced to tie his arm behind his back to make it fair to the people with arm amputations at the shoulder. Penalizing someone with a disability to make it "fair" is just ridiculous on its face. There are already 6 classifications, if people with 0/200 vision really think there needs to be a 7th then just make a 7th.
There are rules about what constitutes a legal bike but the logic above would say everyone must ride the exact same bike - and it would need to be the least common denominator i.e., my cheap store-brand bike not a P3.
"Visual Impairment: legally Blind (20/200 vision with best corrective vision)."
"To qualify for ITU international and USAT sanctioned events, an athlete must meet the minimum disability standard of having a permanent and specific loss of at least 15% function."
So the logic is: if you see 20/200 you must wear blackout glasses to take you to 0/200 to make it fair. By this logic a person with an amputation just above the elbow should be forced to tie his arm behind his back to make it fair to the people with arm amputations at the shoulder. Penalizing someone with a disability to make it "fair" is just ridiculous on its face. There are already 6 classifications, if people with 0/200 vision really think there needs to be a 7th then just make a 7th.
There are rules about what constitutes a legal bike but the logic above would say everyone must ride the exact same bike - and it would need to be the least common denominator i.e., my cheap store-brand bike not a P3.