What does my sport class status mean, and when do I need to be classified again?

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Alongside your sport class you get a sport class status saying whether and when you must be classified again (IPC Classification Code 2025, Articles 20-22). Status Meaning Can I compete? New (N) You passed the diagnostic stage but have not yet had an evaluation session You must attend an evaluation session before competing at a covered competition (unless the international federation says otherwise) Confirmed (C) Your sport class is unlikely to change Yes. No further classification unless a protest, appeal, medical review or rule change alters it Review at the Next Available Opportunity (R-NAO) You need another evaluation soon, e.g. you are borderline, still maturing, have a fluctuating or progressive impairment, or were classified by a single classifier or classifiers of your own nationality You must complete an evaluation session before your next covered competition Review with a Fixed Review Date (R-FRD) Another evaluation is needed, but not this year or season Yes, until the fixed review date. The date is typically no more than four years after your last evaluation Expired (E) You have retired (or, if the international federation uses it, missed a review deadline) Not until you meet the international federation's requirements to return A "covered competition" is the Paralympic Games, World Championships, Paralympic qualification events and other events named by the international federation.

Status	Meaning	Can I compete?
New (N)	You passed the diagnostic stage but have not yet had an evaluation session	You must attend an evaluation session before competing at a covered competition (unless the international federation says otherwise)
Confirmed (C)	Your sport class is unlikely to change	Yes. No further classification unless a protest, appeal, medical review or rule change alters it
Review at the Next Available Opportunity (R-NAO)	You need another evaluation soon, e.g. you are borderline, still maturing, have a fluctuating or progressive impairment, or were classified by a single classifier or classifiers of your own nationality	You must complete an evaluation session before your next covered competition
Review with a Fixed Review Date (R-FRD)	Another evaluation is needed, but not this year or season	Yes, until the fixed review date. The date is typically no more than four years after your last evaluation
Expired (E)	You have retired (or, if the international federation uses it, missed a review deadline)	Not until you meet the international federation's requirements to return