2005 marks the third year of the Canadian Paralympic Athletics
Championship - Canada's national track and field championships for athletes with
a disability. Prior to 2003, each disability group with the Paralympic community
held its own separate championship. In 2004, the combined championships were held
in Edmonton and in 2003, they were held as part of the Toronto Challenge
which up until that time, had served as the national championships for wheelchair
athletics only.
The 2005 Canadian Paralympic Championship and Open Challenge featured
the country's very best athletes with a disability, many of whom are world record
holders and multiple Paralympic Games champions. - In addition to the Canadian
competitors, the meet will also be ope to foreign athletes. Although foreign athletes
may advancce to finals, it will be the top three Canadian athletes who were awarded
national championship medals.
The Championship games were held at Douglas Park Track which is located in
scenic Wascana Park. The facility is a legacy of the 1975 and 1987 Western
Canada Summer Games and provides a complete array of athletic facilities,
Browse through the large selection of images Regina's volunteer photographers captured
of a super competition.
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