Portland is the most populated city in the state of Oregon, and it is also the second largest city in the Pacific Northwest of the US, second only to Seattle. Naturally, the market for the sports industry is larger in a city with a large population such as this.
On a field in the State University of Portland, the 400m sprint of the para-athletic games was about to begin.
The 400m sprint was one of the toughest events in track and field. It had high physical fitness requirements, and the training was also extremely difficult. To put it simply, the entry requirement for the sport was very high. Many athletes would select the 100m and 200m sprints rather than taking part in the 400m race. For para-athletes, even fewer people took part in the 400m sprint. In fact, many para-athletic games didn't even set up a 400m sprint event.
