Posted: Jul 17, 2019 2:04 pm
I'm into rock climbing and luckily the International Federation of Sports Climbing has a Youtube channel with live coverage of every event. Last night I was able to watch live coverage of the paraclimbing world championships. I can't think of many other sports where you could watch live coverage of the disabled version, never mind the regular events. Luckily, climbing is niche enough that most of the companies involved only make climbing gear, so it's worth it in advertising revenue to put on professional events. I feel like if it was a sport where the gear was made by Adidas or Nike, there wouldn't be the big push to put out videos. It's also a sport that's good in terms of equality, so the men's and women's events are always hosted together. The para version isn't quite there yet, because there aren't quite enough competitors, and the top events involve travelling around the world all year. But when there is a para world cup, it's always alongside the able-bodied events.