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Para AthleticsTrack, road, jumps and throws across more than thirty sport classes — the largest sport at every Paralympic Games, and the one still governed by the IPC itself. Para CyclingFour machines and thirteen sport classes on road and track — handcycle, tricycle, bicycle and tandem — governed by the UCI since 2006, the first Para sport the IPC gave away. Para PowerliftingOne lift, one sport class, twenty bodyweight categories — the bench press as the whole of a Paralympic sport, and the only one whose eligibility rests entirely below the waist. Para SwimmingRacing in the same four strokes as the Olympic sport, across fourteen sport classes per stroke group, with tappers, blackened goggles and six lawful ways to start.