Whistler, Vancouver, the finals of the Alpine skiing. The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia . The events were due to be held between 13 March, and 21 March 2010. Events scheduled for 13 March, however, were postponed due to weather conditions – specifically, low visibility.[ 1]
In the Women's sitting giant slalom , Alana Nichols of the United States – a Paralympic champion in basketball from Beijing in 2008 – won her first of two skiing gold medals, becoming a rare winter-summer gold medalist. On 18 March, Viviane Forest became the first Canadian athlete to win a gold in both the Winter and Summer Paralympics, by winning the Women's Downhill for Visually Impaired . She had previously won gold in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Paralympics for women's goalball .[ 2] [ 3]
Lauren Woolstencroft sets the gold medal record with 5 gold medals, for most gold medals won by any Winter Paralympian at a single Games.[ 4]
Medal table
Events
The competition events are:
Each event has separate men's and women's competitions and separate standing, sitting, and visually impaired classifications. Visually impaired skiers compete with the help of a sighted guide . The skier with the visual impairment and the guide are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.[ 5]
Competition schedule
All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8 ).
Day
Date
Start
Event
Day 2
Sat 13 Mar,
11:30
Downhill Men & Women (all classes)
Day 3
Sun 14 Mar,
11:30
Super-G Men & Women (standing)
Day 4
Mon 15 Mar,
11:30
Super-G Men & Women (Sitting & Visually Impaired)
Day 5
Tue 16 Mar,
9:30
Super Combined Men & Women (all classes)
13:00
Day 7
Thu 18 Mar,
10:00
Giant slalom Men & Women (standing)
13:00
Day 8
Fri 19 Mar,
10:00
Giant slalom Men & Women (Sitting & Visually Impaired)
13:00
Day 9
Sat 20 Mar,
10:00
Slalom Men & Women (standing)
13:00
Day 10
Sun 21 Mar,
10:00
Slalom Men & Women (Sitting & Visually Impaired)
13:00
See also
References
^ "Vancouver 2010 revises Paralympic alpine event schedule due to forecasted weather conditions; tickets valid for date on ticket" Archived 17 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine , Vancouver 2010 official website, 13 March 2010
^ Vancouver Sun, "Paralympic para-alpine skiing: Canada’s Viviane Forest does the trifecta, wins visually impaired downhill gold" Archived 23 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine , Mike Beamish , 18 March 2010 (Retrieved 19 March 2010)
^ Vancouver Sun, "Para-alpine star Viviane Forest has potential for huge Games medal haul" Archived 24 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine , John Korobanik , 11 March 2010 (Retrieved 19 March 2010)
^ Vancouver Sun, "Woolstencroft wins fifth gold medal" , CanWest News Service , 21 March 2010 (Retrieved 21 March 2010)
^ Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands , thestar.com, 13 March 2010
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