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鈥淚 have been deemed not disabled enough to play in Paralympic sports鈥� 鈥� Annabelle Lindsay on the rule change that has ended her international wheelchair basketball career. Lindsay is one of a number of athletes, who have been told their disabilities no longer meet the new eligibility criteria set down by the International Paralympic Committee. She had been hoping to represent Australia at next year鈥檚 Paralympics and says the rule change could also see her lose her university scholarship in America. Lindsay took up wheelchair basketball after a serious knee-injury after a teenager ended her hopes of playing basketball.

The International Paralympic Committee and the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation say that they had to make this change to protect its future as a Paralympic sport.

Photo credit: Australia's wheelchair basketball team at the London 2012 Paralympic Games (Getty Images)