<P> Since the beginning of the games in Stoke Mandeville wheelchair sports has expanded with the addition of many sports . Beginning with wheelchair archery, lawn bowls, table tennis, shot put, javelin, and club throw were added to the growing list . In the 1960s wheelchair basketball, fencing, snooker and weightlifting were also introduced . </P> <P> In 1960 the International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Sports Federation (ISMWSF) was formed to allow all international competitions for individuals with spinal cord injuries . Although originally sanctioned for those with spinal cord injuries, these games were expanded in 1976 at the Olympiad for the Physically Disabled in Toronto, Canada, to include other physical and visual impairments and would evolve and eventually be referred to as the Paralympics . </P> <P> In the 1960s international sports competitions were expanded to include other disability groups who were not eligible for the World Games . In addition, the International Sports Organisation for the Disabled (ISOD) was officially formed in Paris in 1964, to provide international sports opportunities for the blind, amputees and persons with other loco motor disabilities . </P> <P> The distances involved in wheelchair racing include sprint distances of 100 m, 200 m and 400 m, middle distances of 800 m and 1500 m, long distances of 5000 m and 10,000 m and relay races of 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m . There is also a road event which is the wheelchair marathon . </P>

Where do the legs go in a racing wheelchair