This study aims to identify the factors explaining the low participation of women with disabilities in sports, particularly in competitive events in French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa. The research is based on observations from international sporting competitions involving persons with disabilities. In most sports delegations participating in various African competitions, women remain significantly underrepresented compared to men. This situation affects the majority of Sub-Saharan African countries and appears to be particularly pronounced in Senegal. A qualitative research approach was adopted to gather stakeholders’ perspectives on this phenomenon. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Participants included key members of the Senegalese Para-Sport Federation, namely the President, the Secretary General, the National Technical Director, a national coach, three female international athletes, and three male athletes. The findings reveal several factors contributing to the low participation rate of women in sports competitions. These include inactive or underperforming regional leagues, the underutilization of specialized centers, a shortage of specialized equipment and qualified technical personnel, and the combined burden of physical disability and gender-related barriers. These factors collectively limit access to sports participation and competitive opportunities for women with disabilities. Several solutions may be considered to improve the situation. The most important is the expansion of grassroots sports participation through the activation of all regional leagues. In addition, increasing the number of national competitions, organizing events for younger age categories, and strengthening the training of technical staff in para-sports could contribute significantly to enhancing female participation and promoting inclusion in competitive sports.

Both recreational and competitive sports are experiencing growing developments. The traumas related to their practice remain unknown, thus causing a loss of abilities or a definitive stop. It is in this context that the objective of this work is to study the interest of a reathletization program following an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction of the knee in a young footballer from Dakar Sacré Cœur. We first measured the footballer’s thigh circumference. Then we made him undergo Vameval, Crossover hop and Counter movement jump tests to determine respectively his aerobic endurance, the symmetry of the lower limb and his vertical relaxation. Finally, at the end of the seven (7) week reathletization program at the rate of five (5) sessions per week, we re-evaluated the same variables in the footballer. Thus, the comparison of the values ​​recorded before and after the reathletization program revealed an increase in the thigh perimeter of 3 centimeter, the Maximum Aerobic Speed ​​of 1.18 kilometer per hour, oxygen consumption of 4.13 milliliter per kilogram per minute, the percentage of asymmetry of 3.3 percent in the crossover hop test and the vertical jump of 6.74 centimeter in the Counter movement jump test. It emerges from our case study that an adequate reathletization program after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction of the knee allowed our young footballer to recover his thigh perimeter, to rebalance the strength of both limbs, to improve his vertical jump and his maximum aerobic speed.