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

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Women's downhill
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Paralympic alpine skiing
VenueWhistler Blackcomb
DatesMarch 13
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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]

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]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 Viviane Forest
Guide: 		 Canada 1:27.51
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Henrieta Farkašová
Guide: Natalia Subrtova		  Slovakia 1:28.17 +0.66
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Danielle Umstead
Guide: 		 United States 1:30.18 +2.67
4 4 Sabine Gasteiger
Guide: 		 Austria 1:32.00 +4.49
5 3 Melissa Perrine
Guide: Andrew Bor		  Australia 1:33.30 +5.79
6 10 Alexandra Frantseva
Guide: Polina Popova		  Russia 1:38.71 +11.20
7 8 Anna Cohi Fornell
Guide: Raquel Garcia Borreguero		  Spain 1:45.94 +18.43
8 7
Guide: 		 Belgium 1:48.85 +21.34
5 Anna Kuliskova
Guide: 		 Czech Republic DNF
9
Guide: 		 United States DNF

Sitting[]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Alana Nichols  United States 1:23.31
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Laurie Stephens  United States 1:28.26 +6.95
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1 Claudia Lösch  Austria 1:29.89 +6.58
4 6 Stephani Victor  United States 1:36.99 +13.68
4 Kuniko Obinata  Japan DNF
5  Japan DNF

Standing[]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10 Lauren Woolstencroft  Canada 1:25.54
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 Solène Jambaqué  France 1:29.94 +4.40
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 11 Andrea Rothfuß  Germany 1:30.58 +5.04
4 3 Melania Corradini  Italy 1:30.70 +5.16
5 9 Karolina Wisniewska  Canada 1:30.82 +5.28
6 6 Allison Jones  United States 1:32.32 +6.78
7 4 Petra Smarzova  Slovakia 1:35.23 +9.69
8 1 Marie Bochet  France 1:35.58 +10.04
9 8  Canada 1:37.53 +11.99
10 12  Slovakia 1:37.55 +12.01
11 13  France 1:45.37 +19.83
2  Switzerland DNS
5  United States DNS

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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