Sport: Blind Wrestlers

In New York last week 50 or so parents of students at two schools gathered to watch a series of nine matches between the schools' wrestling teams. When the matches were over, and Philadelphia's Overbrook School had won, 22-to-5, the teams cheered each other and everyone went home. Because there was only one point of procedure at all out of the ordinary about the whole performance, a stranger could have watched from the gymnasium balcony without being aware that all contestants on both teams were totally blind.

Matches between blind wrestlers differ...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!