Cambodia competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from August 29 to September 9.
The country is fielding its smallest delegation to date: a single athlete, female sprinter Thin Seng Hon. As no Cambodian athlete qualified for the Games, the country received a wildcard invitation to send one competitor in track and field events.
Thin "was born without a fully formed right leg", and uses a "$2 500 J-shaped running blade" prosthetic. Her coach, pointing out that her prosthetic is "not custom-built for sprinting and is less comfortable and shock absorbent than those owned by her first world rivals", has argued she is likely to be disadvantaged by a "technology gap", as well as by poverty; Thin "trains on a dirt track and balances running with a full-time job at a souvenir shop"."Paralympics: Cambodia bemoans 'high-tech Paralympics'", AFP, 27 August 2012Cambodian athletes , London 2012 official website
Athletics
Thin Seng Hon competed in the women's 100m and women's 200m T44 (a category for lower limb amputees running with a prosthetic).
AthleteEventsHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankThin Seng HonWomen's 100m T4417.356did not advanceWomen's 200m T44DSQdid not advance
See also Summer Paralympic disability classification Cambodia at the Paralympics Cambodia at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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