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A list of the 2018 Invictus Games sports and a description of what they entail.
ARCHERY
* Competitors can either be seated or standing and if impaired in the upper body or arm can shoot from the mouth
* Individual men's and women's divisions, as well as mixed team events in three categories
ATHLETICS
* Events are split up depending on a competitor's disability - limb amputations, visual impairment, increased tightness of muscles (hypertonia), and brain injuries
* There are 100m, 200m, 400m and 1500m track events plus two relays
* Competitors discus and shot put can be seated or standing
ROAD CYCLING
* A two-day event with four main categories: road bike, hand bike, recumbent bike and tandem bike
* For the time trial competitors race over a single loop 2.4km course
* Riders in the criterium or circuit race start together and race over several laps of a 2.4km course
INDOOR ROWING
* A rowing machine fit with adaptive gripping aids and modified seats opens up this one to competitors with all levels of impairment
* The machine simulates the action of traditional watercraft rowing
* There are two races - a one-minute individual sprint and a four-minute individual endurance event
JAGUAR LAND ROVER DRIVING CHALLENGE
* Accuracy, navigation and teamwork are preferenced over time, as this challenge is about driving skills rather than a traditional race
* The course will either be road-based or involve off-road obstacles
* Vehicles will be prepared the same way and considered identical in performance
POWERLIFTING
* There are three categories: lightweight, midweight and heavyweight
* Competitors have three attempts to bench press the bar.
* Whoever lifts the heaviest weight wins
SAILING
* The first time this event has been at the Invictus Games
* Qualifying rounds are open to novice sailors and master mariners
* In the medal race, individuals compete in a Hansa dinghy
* Mixed gender teams will use Elliott 7 keelboats
SITTING VOLLEYBALL
* Teams compete in round robin tournaments before winners go through the championship round
* Competitors must remain connected to their seat whenever they make contact with the ball
SWIMMING
* Swimmers will compete in freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly.
* There are individual and relay events
WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL
* The court size and height of the net is the same as stand-up basketball
* Competitors in wheelchairs must bounce the ball after every two pushes of their wheels
* Teams must have five players on the court at all times
WHEELCHAIR RUGBY
* Teams can be made up of men and women but must include four players
* To score a goal, players touch the goal line with two wheels of their wheelchair while in possession of the ball.
* Players can either dribble or carry the ball towards their goal end
