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New Zealand at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

New Zealand sent a delegation to compete at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, held between 7–16 March 2014. The country continued its streak of competing in every Winter Paralympics since 1984. New Zealand's delegation consisted of three competitors in alpine skiing, one of whom, Corey Peters, won a silver medal in the giant slalom. With one silver medal, the country tied for 16th on the medal table for these Paralympics.[1]

New Zealand at the
2014 Winter Paralympics
IPC codeNZL
NPCParalympics New Zealand
Websiteparalympics.org.nz
in Sochi
Competitors3 in 1 sport
Medals
Ranked =16th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)

Background edit

New Zealand first began participating in the Summer Paralympics in 1968, and the Winter Paralympics in 1984. They have participated in every Paralympic Games since those respective debuts.[2] The team New Zealand sent to Sochi included three athletes and seven support staff.[3] The Chef de Mission for the team was Ashley Light.[3] The team had a goal of winning two gold medals.[3] Adam Hall was chosen as the New Zealand flagbearer for the parade of nations during the opening ceremony.[4] Corey Peters was selected as the flagbearer for the closing ceremony.[5]

Disability classification edit

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; or Les autres. Les autres includes+ any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[6][7] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Events with "B" in the code are for athletes with visual impairment, codes LW1 to LW9 are for athletes who stand to compete and LW10 to LW12 are for athletes who compete sitting down. Alpine skiing events grouped athletes into separate competitions for sitting, standing and visually impaired athletes.[8]

Alpine skiing edit

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
 
Corey Peters won the silver medal in the giant slalom, sitting.

Adam Hall was born with spina bifida; he said he considers himself "lucky" because he is able to stand with this condition, when most people that have it are confined to a wheelchair.[9] He won a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in the slalom event.[9] He competed in three events. In the men's super-G he did not finish the single-run race.[10] In the Slalom, he was inside the top 10 for both heats, finishing with a combined time of one minute and 44 seconds, good enough for 7th place.[10][11] In the Super combined he finished 4th, his time was a mere 24 hundredths of a second out of bronze medal position.[12]

Corey Peters was paralyzed as a result of a motocross injury in September 2009.[13] He participates in the sitting category of events, and took part in four events in Sochi.[14] In the Super-G he finished in 6th place.[14] In the Super Combined, he finished fourth with a time of 2 minutes, 21 seconds; 1.91 seconds behind the bronze medalist.[15] After placing 16th in the first run of the slalom, he failed to finish the second leg of the event.[14] In the giant slalom, he led the race after the first run with a time of 1 minute 18 seconds. Despite being faster in the second run, the field was also faster in general, and he had to settle for the silver medal, being less than half a second behind the gold medal time.[14][16][17]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Final/Total
Time Diff Rank Time Diff Rank Time Diff Rank
Adam Hall Super-G, standing[10] — DNF
Combined, standing[10] 53.00 +2.70 4 1:21.36 +2.97 5 2:14.36 +4.64 4
Slalom, standing[10] 50.71 +3.02 7 53.54 +2.26 5 1:44.25 +5.28 7
Corey Peters Super-G, sitting[14] — 1:26.17 +6.66 6
Combined, sitting[14] 1:03.24 +4.53 6 1:18.67 +0.40 2 2:21.91 +3.71 4
Slalom, sitting[14] 59.95 +7.21 16 DNF
Giant slalom, sitting[14] 1:18.10 NA 1 1:15.10 +1.00 6 2:33.20 +0.47  

Snowboarding edit

For the 2014 Winter Paralympics, snowboard cross was considered a discipline of Alpine skiing, rather than a separate sport.[18] Snowboarding was offered only for athletes who competed in a standing position.[18] The men's snowboard cross event was held on 14 March 2014. Carl Murphy has been a below-the-knee amputee in one leg since birth.[19] He finished his first two runs in fourth place. Only the two best runs for each competitor counted,[20] but with the chance to improve into the medal podium positions, he fell three times on his third and final run.[21] His first two runs were good enough for him to hold fourth place.[18]

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Carl Murphy Snowboard cross[21] 54.62 4 54.48 4 DSQ 1:49.10 4

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ "New Zealand". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 27 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Paralympics New Zealand – Sochi 2014 Media Handbook" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony flag bearers". International Paralympic Committee. 7 March 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony flag bearers". International Paralympic Committee. 16 March 2014. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Archived from the original on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Archived from the original on 28 May 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Sochi Winter Paralympics: Guide to the sports". BBC Online. 18 February 2014. Archived from the original on 19 December 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
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  11. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games – Men's slalom Standing". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  12. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games – Men's Super Combined Standing". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  13. ^ "Paralympics New Zealand – Sochi 2014 Media Handbook" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h "Corey Peters – Alpine skiing – New Zealand". Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games – Men's Super Combined Sitting". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  16. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games – Men's giant slalom Sitting". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Peters skis to NZ Paralympics silver medal". Special Broadcasting Service. 16 March 2014. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  18. ^ a b c "Alpine Skiing at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games – Men's Para Snowboard Cross Standing". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  19. ^ "Paralympics New Zealand – Sochi 2014 Media Handbook" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  20. ^ Berg, Aimee (14 March 2014). "Paralympic snowboarders with varying disabilities are all equal on slopes". Al Jazeera America. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  21. ^ a b "Paralympics: Murphy finishes fourth". The New Zealand Herald. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
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