The women's downhill competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics was held at Whistler Blackcomb in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition was scheduled for Saturday, March 13, but was postponed to Thursday, March 18, due to bad weather conditions.[1]
Viviane Forest became the first Paralympian to win a gold in both the Winter and Summer Games, 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]
Visually impaired
In the downhill visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide.[4] The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.[5]
Sitting
Standing
See also
References
- ^ "Alpine Skiing Schedule and Results". The official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver. Archived from the original on March 13, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2010.
- ^ Vancouver Sun, "Paralympic para-alpine skiing: Canada's Viviane Forest does the trifecta, wins visually impaired downhill gold" Archived March 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Mike Beamish, March 18, 2010 (Retrieved March 19, 2010)
- ^ Vancouver Sun, "Para-alpine star Viviane Forest has potential for huge Games medal haul" Archived March 24, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, John Korobanik, March 11, 2010 (Retrieved March 19, 2010)
- ^ OFFICIAL RESULTS / RÉSULTATS OFFICIELS Archived May 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, The Official site for the 2010 Winter Paralympics
- ^ Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands, thestar.com, March 13, 2010
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