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ALPINE SKIING
Overview
Athletes in Alpine Skiing events
must combine speed and agility while racing down slopes at speeds of around
100km/h.
Paralympic competition accommodates male and female athletes with a physical
disability such as spinal injury, cerebral palsy, amputation, les autres
conditions and blindness/visual impairment. Athletes compete in three categories
based on their functional ability, and a results calculation system allows
athletes with different disabilities to compete against each other.
The rules of the International Ski Federation (FIS) are used with only a few
modifications. Skiers with blindness/visual impairment are guided through the
course by sighted guides using voice signals to indicate the course to follow.
Athletes with physical disabilities use equipment that is adapted to their needs
including single skis, sit-skis or orthopaedic aids.
Events
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Downhill
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Slalom
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Giant Slalom
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Super G
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Super Combined
Classification
Alpine skiing is open
to athletes with a wide variety of physical disabilities such as amputees or
limb deficiencies, spinal cord injury and cerebral palsy, and athletes with a
vision impairment. These athletes are classified dependant on their
functionality into classes LW1 – 9, for athletes who ski standing; LW10-12 for
athletes who ski sitting down; and the classes of B1 – B3, for those athletes
with a vision impairment.
Links
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Snow Sports New Zealand
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IPC Alpine
Skiing
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International
Paralympic Committee
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