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."Vancouver 2010 revises Paralympic alpine event schedule due to forecasted weather conditions; tickets valid for date on ticket" , Vancouver 2010 official website, 13 March 2010
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.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)Vancouver Sun, "Para-alpine star Viviane Forest has potential for huge Games medal haul" , John Korobanik, 11 March 2010 (Retrieved 19 March 2010)
Lauren Woolstencroft sets the gold medal record with 5 gold medals, for most gold medals won by any Winter Paralympian at a single Games.Vancouver Sun, "Woolstencroft wins fifth gold medal", CanWest News Service, 21 March 2010 (Retrieved 21 March 2010)
Medal table
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.Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands, thestar.com, 13 March 2010
Women's events
Downhillvisually impaired 1:27.51 1:28.17 1:30.18sitting 1:23.31 1:28.26 1:29.89standing 1:25.54 1:29.94 1:30.58 Super-Gvisually impaired 1:33.81 1:37.54 1:38.02sitting 1:33.89 1:36.68 1:38.25standing 1:26.46 1:31.92 1:32.47 Giant slalomvisually impaired 2:56.65 3:02.18 3:11.17sitting 2:57.57 3:01.78 3:08.71standing 2:34.03 2:41.60 2:41.63 Slalomvisually impaired 2:00.56 2:01.45 2:04.35sitting 2:12.05 2:12.63 2:18.60standing 1:51.97 1:58.35 1:58.84 Super Combinedvisually impaired 2:34.61 2:35.94 2:48.75sitting 2:40.71 2:44.28 2:47.54standing 2:22.67 2:34.82 2:35.47
Men's events Downhillvisually impaired 1:18.23 1:18.63 1:20.40sitting 1:18.19 1:18.63 1:19.19standing 1:20.80 1:22.78 Super-Gvisually impaired 1:21.55 1:21.71 1:22.75sitting 1:19.98 1:20.63 1:20.98standing 1:20.11 1:21.24 1:21.97 Giant slalomvisually impaired 2:41.99 2:42.20 2:44.25sitting 2:37.40 2:40.35 2:45.61standing 2:23.92 2:26.08 2:26.33 Slalomvisually impaired 1:45.82 1:46.91 1:48.32sitting 1:41.63 1:46.29 1:46.34standing 1:45.40 1:45.97 1:47.69 Super Combinedvisually impaired 2:14.61 2:16.18 2:16.31sitting 2:10.16 2:12.80 2:12.96standing 2:11.84 2:12.04 2:13.85
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 Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics
References
Alpine skiing – Sports – Vancouver 2010 Alpine skiing Schedule