Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Women's downhill

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]

Women's downhill
at the X Paralympic Winter Games
VenueWhistler Blackcomb
DatesMarch 13

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 impairement has a sighted guide.[4] The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.[5]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDifference
1Viviane Forest
Guide: Lindsay Debou
 Canada1:27.51
6Henrieta Farkašová
Guide: Natalia Subrtova
 Slovakia1:28.17+0.66
2Danielle Umstead
Guide: Rob Umstead
 United States1:30.18+2.67
44Sabine Gasteiger
Guide: Stefan Schoner
 Austria1:32.00+4.49
53Melissa Perrine
Guide: Andrew Bor
 Australia1:33.30+5.79
610Alexandra Frantseva
Guide: Polina Popova
 Russia1:38.71+11.20
78Anna Cohi Fornell
Guide: Raquel Garcia Borreguero
 Spain1:45.94+18.43
87Natasha de Troyer
Guide: Diego van de Voorde
 Belgium1:48.85+21.34
5Anna Kuliskova
Guide: Michaela Hubacova
 Czech RepublicDNF
9Caitlin Sarubbi
Guide: Gwynn Watkins
 United StatesDNF

Sitting

RankBibNameCountryTimeDifference
3Alana Nichols United States1:23.31
2Laurie Stephens United States1:28.26+6.95
1Claudia Lösch Austria1:29.89+6.58
46Stephani Victor United States1:36.99+13.68
4Kuniko Obinata JapanDNF
5Tatsuko Aoki JapanDNF

Standing

RankBibNameCountryTimeDifference
10Lauren Woolstencroft Canada1:25.54
7Solène Jambaqué France1:29.94+4.40
11Andrea Rothfuß Germany1:30.58+5.04
43Melania Corradini Italy1:30.70+5.16
59Karolina Wisniewska Canada1:30.82+5.28
66Allison Jones United States1:32.32+6.78
74Petra Smarzova Slovakia1:35.23+9.69
81Marie Bochet France1:35.58+10.04
98Andrea Dziewior Canada1:37.53+11.99
1012Iveta Chlebakova Slovakia1:37.55+12.01
1113Nathalie Tyack France1:45.37+19.83
2Karin Fasel SwitzerlandDNS
5Elitsa Storey United StatesDNS

See also

References

  1. "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.
  2. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. OFFICIAL RESULTS / RÉSULTATS OFFICIELS, The Official site for the 2010 Winter Paralympics
  5. Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands, thestar.com, March 13, 2010
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