21.   Wrestling is one sport that has had a variety of disabled athletes.

22.   A disabled athlete must be allowed in unless there is a valid reason to exclude the person, Kemp said.

23.   And Marla Runyan completed her inspiring journey from disabled athlete to Olympian, the first legally blind competitor to earn a spot on any U.S. Olympic team.

24.   At the time Gray played, disabled athletes were often regarded as sideshow oddities.

25.   At the elite level, the national governing bodies of the various Olympic sports are coming under pressure to incorporate and fund programs serving disabled athletes.

26.   Bally Total Fitness clubs include a disabled athlete in their ads, and let Paralympics athletes train free, he said.

27.   But clubs often let the disabled athlete in the door while failing to provide satisfactory equipment for training, Bauer said.

28.   Craven said the IPC had decided to readmit a federation representing intellectually disabled athletes to decision-making.

29.   Each NGB also will be obligated to work with a new national governing body, which would represent the interests of all disabled athletes.

30.   Just the same, disabled athletes still face societal barriers.