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 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Venue | Whistler Blackcomb |
| Dates | March 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 edit
In the downhill visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide.[4] The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.[5]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1 | Viviane Forest Guide: Lindsay Debou |
 Canada |
1:27.51 | |
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6 | Henrieta Farkašová Guide: Natalia Subrtova |
 Slovakia |
1:28.17 | +0.66 |
 |
2 | Danielle Umstead Guide: Rob Umstead |
 United States |
1:30.18 | +2.67 |
| 4 | 4 | Sabine Gasteiger Guide: Stefan Schoner |
 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 | Natasha de Troyer Guide: Diego van de Voorde |
 Belgium |
1:48.85 | +21.34 |
| 5 | Anna Kuliskova Guide: Michaela Hubacova |
 Czech Republic |
DNF | ||
| 9 | Caitlin Sarubbi Guide: Gwynn Watkins |
United States |
DNF |
Sitting edit
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
3 | Alana Nichols | United States |
1:23.31 | |
| |
2 | Laurie Stephens | United States |
1:28.26 | +6.95 |
| |
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 | Tatsuko Aoki | Japan |
DNF |
Standing edit
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
10 | Lauren Woolstencroft | Canada |
1:25.54 | |
| |
7 | Solène Jambaqué |  France |
1:29.94 | +4.40 |
| |
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 | Andrea Dziewior | Canada |
1:37.53 | +11.99 |
| 10 | 12 | Iveta Chlebakova | Slovakia |
1:37.55 | +12.01 |
| 11 | 13 | Nathalie Tyack | France |
1:45.37 | +19.83 |
| 2 | Karin Fasel |  Switzerland |
DNS | ||
| 5 | Elitsa Storey | United States |
DNS |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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)
- ^ 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)
- ^ OFFICIAL RESULTS / RÉSULTATS OFFICIELS Archived May 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, The Official site for the 2010 Winter Paralympics
- ^ Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands, thestar.com, March 13, 2010
External links edit
- 2010 Winter Plympics schedule and results, at the official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver