Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics explained

Event:	Alpine skiing
Games:	2010 Winter
Venue:	Whistler Blackcomb
Dates:	13–21 March
Prev:	2006
Next:	2014

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.

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]

Events

The competition events are:

• Downhill

women – men

• Super-G

women – men

• Giant slalom

women – men

• Slalom

women – men

• Super combined

women – men

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

Downhill	visually impaired		1:27.51		1:28.17		1:30.18
	sitting		1:23.31		1:28.26		1:29.89
	standing		1:25.54		1:29.94		1:30.58
Super-G	visually impaired		1:33.81		1:37.54		1:38.02
	sitting		1:33.89		1:36.68		1:38.25
	standing		1:26.46		1:31.92		1:32.47
Giant slalom	visually impaired		2:56.65		3:02.18		3:11.17
	sitting		2:57.57		3:01.78		3:08.71
	standing		2:34.03		2:41.60		2:41.63
Slalom	visually impaired		2:00.56		2:01.45		2:04.35
	sitting		2:12.05		2:12.63		2:18.60
	standing		1:51.97		1:58.35		1:58.84
Super Combined	visually impaired		2:34.61		2:35.94		2:48.75
	sitting		2:40.71		2:44.28		2:47.54
	standing		2:22.67		2:34.82		2:35.47

Men's events

Downhill	visually impaired		1:18.23		1:18.63		1:20.40
	sitting		1:18.19		1:18.63		1:19.19
	standing		1:20.80		1:22.78
Super-G	visually impaired		1:21.55		1:21.71		1:22.75
	sitting		1:19.98		1:20.63		1:20.98
	standing		1:20.11		1:21.24		1:21.97
Giant slalom	visually impaired		2:41.99		2:42.20		2:44.25
	sitting		2:37.40		2:40.35		2:45.61
	standing		2:23.92		2:26.08		2:26.33
Slalom	visually impaired		1:45.82		1:46.91		1:48.32
	sitting		1:41.63		1:46.29		1:46.34
	standing		1:45.40		1:45.97		1:47.69
Super Combined	visually impaired		2:14.61		2:16.18		2:16.31
	sitting		2:10.16		2:12.80		2:12.96
	standing		2:11.84		2:12.04		2:13.85

Competition schedule

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

|-bgcolor="#CCCCCC"! Day !! Date !! Start !! Event|- style="background:#efefef; color:black"|| Day 2 || Sat 13 Mar, || 11:30 || Downhill Men & Women (all classes)|- style="background:#efefef; color:black"|| Day 3 || Sun 14 Mar, || 11:30 || Super-G Men & Women (standing)|-style="background:#efefef; color:black"|| Day 4 || Mon 15 Mar, || 11:30 || Super-G Men & Women (Sitting & Visually Impaired)|-style="background:#efefef; color:black"|rowspan=2| Day 5 ||rowspan=2| Tue 16 Mar, || 9:30 ||rowspan=2| Super Combined Men & Women (all classes)|-style="background:#efefef; color:black"|| 13:00|-style="background:#efefef; color:black"|rowspan=2| Day 7 ||rowspan=2| Thu 18 Mar, || 10:00 ||rowspan=2| Giant slalom Men & Women (standing)|-style="background:#efefef; color:black"|| 13:00|-style="background:#efefef; color:black"|rowspan=2| Day 8 ||rowspan=2| Fri 19 Mar, || 10:00 ||rowspan=2| Giant slalom Men & Women (Sitting & Visually Impaired)|-style="background:#efefef; color:black"|| 13:00|-style="background:#efefef; color:black"|rowspan=2| Day 9 ||rowspan=2| Sat 20 Mar, || 10:00 ||rowspan=2| Slalom Men & Women (standing)|-style="background:#efefef; color:black"|| 13:00|-style="background:#efefef; color:black"|rowspan=2| Day 10 ||rowspan=2| Sun 21 Mar, || 10:00 ||rowspan=2| Slalom Men & Women (Sitting & Visually Impaired)|-style="background:#efefef; color:black"|| 13:00|}

See also

• Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

References

• Alpine skiing – Sports – Vancouver 2010
• Alpine skiing Schedule

Notes and References

1. http://www.vancouver2010.com/paralympic-games/news/vancouver-2010-revises-paralympic-alpine-event-schedule-due-to-forecasted-weather-conditions--tickets-valid-for-date-on-ticket-_311772bF.html "Vancouver 2010 revises Paralympic alpine event schedule due to forecasted weather conditions; tickets valid for date on ticket"
2. Vancouver Sun, "Paralympic para-alpine skiing: Canada’s Viviane Forest does the trifecta, wins visually impaired downhill gold", Mike Beamish, 18 March 2010 (Retrieved 19 March 2010)
3. Vancouver Sun, "Para-alpine star Viviane Forest has potential for huge Games medal haul", John Korobanik, 11 March 2010 (Retrieved 19 March 2010)
4. Vancouver Sun, "Woolstencroft wins fifth gold medal", CanWest News Service, 21 March 2010 (Retrieved 21 March 2010)
5. https://www.thestar.com/sports/article/779425--visually-impaired-skiers-put-fate-in-guide-s-hands Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands