Cambodia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
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Cambodia competed at the
2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...
in London, United Kingdom, from August 29 to September 9. The country is fielding its smallest delegation to date: a single athlete, female sprinter Thin Seng Hon. As no Cambodian athlete qualified for the Games, the country received a wildcard invitation to send one competitor in track and field events. Thin "was born without a fully formed right leg", and uses a "$2 500 J-shaped running blade" prosthetic. Her coach, pointing out that her prosthetic is "not custom-built for sprinting and is less comfortable and shock absorbent than those owned by her first world rivals", has argued she is likely to be disadvantaged by a "technology gap", as well as by poverty; Thin "trains on a dirt track and balances running with a full-time job at a souvenir shop"."Paralympics: Cambodia bemoans 'high-tech Paralympics'"
AFP, 27 August 2012
, London 2012 official website


Athletics

Thin Seng Hon competed in the women's 100m and women's 200m T44 (a category for lower limb amputees running with a prosthetic).


See also

* Summer Paralympic disability classification *
Cambodia at the Paralympics Cambodia made its Paralympic Games début at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney (sending only a men's volleyball team), and has competed in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since then. Cambodia has never taken part in the Winter Paralym ...
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Cambodia at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cambodia, which is represented by the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC), competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London from 27 July to 12 August 2012. Six Cambodian athletes competed in the disciplines of track and field athletics, ...


Notes

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