swedish botanist carl linnaeus developed the first classification system for living things.
swedish botanist carl linnaeus developed the first classification system for living things.
who developed the first classification system for living things?
swedish botanist carl linnaeus
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the first classification system for the sport was developed in scandinavia and was a medical system for skiers with amputations. at the time, other types of disability were not eligible for classification. in developing a system for use at the first winter paralympics, organisers wanted to get away from a medical classification system and use a functional system, but they ended up with a system based on equipment utilised by the skier instead. as the 1970s progressed, equipment improvements made it possible for skiers with spinal cord injuries to participate and a classification system developed for these skiers. by the 1990s, there were over ten nordic skiing classes and a percentage system was developed to allow skiers with different disabilities inside one of three groups to compete against each other. the skiers time at the end of the race would be multiplied against a percentage to determine a time that allowed for fair cross classification comparisons. while the actual percentages change from time to time, this system to calculate a winner is still in use. despite repeated efforts to move to a true functional mobility based classification dating back to the 1970s, medical assessment still took place during the classification process in the 2010s.
para-nordic skiing classification