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Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

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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] The snowboard cross event was a demonstration sport until 2014.

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Whistler, Vancouver, the finals of the Alpine skiing.

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

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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]

Women's events

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Men's events

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Competition schedule

All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8).

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References

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    "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
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    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)
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    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)
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    Vancouver Sun, "Woolstencroft wins fifth gold medal", CanWest News Service, 21 March 2010 (Retrieved 21 March 2010)
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    Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands, thestar.com, 13 March 2010
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