David Palmer of Team USA |left David Palmer of Team USA |left Wikinews interviewed David Palmer, a member of the USA team, about the  being held in  , Russia. The  qualified a team for the  Games. How likely are you to be on the final team? As these games would be your first, how excited are you about the possibility of representing your country? What are your thoughts on the classification system and processes for your sport? Do you know of anyone who has been impacted as a result of it? DP: I am not really clear on how the classification system works. I feel that they should make it as equal as possible for everyone who competes in wheelchair curling. Everyone one has different disabilities and different situations, but as long as they are delivering the stone from a stationary wheelchair with a delivery stick from the same position it should be equal. DP: I know of a young man from state of Washington who uses a wheelchair most of the time but is able to walk and has mobility, that he probably would not qualify for the national team.. Yet I know of a man in  that uses a wheelchair only for curling and competes on the National team.
David Palmer of Team USA |left David Palmer of Team USA |left Wikinews interviewed David Palmer, a member of the USA team, about the 2014 Winter Paralympics being held in Sochi , Russia. The US qualified a team for the Sochi Games. How likely are you to be on the final team? As these games would be your first, how excited are you about the possibility of representing your country? What are your thoughts on the classification system and processes for your sport? Do you know of anyone who has been impacted as a result of it? DP: I am not really clear on how the classification system works. I feel that they should make it as equal as possible for everyone who competes in wheelchair curling. Everyone one has different disabilities and different situations, but as long as they are delivering the stone from a stationary wheelchair with a delivery stick from the same position it should be equal. DP: I know of a young man from state of Washington who uses a wheelchair most of the time but is able to walk and has mobility, that he probably would not qualify for the national team.. Yet I know of a man in Canada that uses a wheelchair only for curling and competes on the National team.
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