The 2015
IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
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was an international disability sport alpine skiing event held in
Panorama Mountain Village
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British Columbia
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Canada
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from March 2 to 10, 2015. The Championship is held biannually by the
International Paralympic Committee
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(IPC) and is the largest event of its type outside the
Winter Paralympics
The Winter Paralympic Games is an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete in snow and ice sports. The event includes athletes with mobility impairments, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. Th ...
.
Skiers competed in sitting, standing or visually impaired classification categories in Downhill, Giant Slalom, Slalom, Super-G, Super Combined and Team events.
Over 130 skiers competed, with Russia finishing the Championship on top of the medal table in both gold medals won and total medals.
This proved to be the last event under the title of "IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships". On 30 November 2016, the IPC, which serves as the international governing body for 10 disability sports, including Alpine skiing, adopted the "World Para" branding for all of those sports. The world championships in said sports were immediately rebranded as "World Para" events. Accordingly, from 2017 forward, the event will be known as the "World Para Alpine Skiing Championships".
Opening ceremony
On March 2, the opening ceremony was held.
Events
Men
Women
Medals table
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Participating nations
Over 130 participants from 22 nations competed.
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Classifications
Skiers compete in sitting, standing or visually impaired events, depending on their
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of disability.
;Standing
*LW2 – single leg
amputation
Amputation is the removal of a limb by trauma, medical illness, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out on indi ...
above the knee
*LW3 – double leg amputation below the knee, mild
cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be problems with sensa ...
, or equivalent impairment
*LW4 – single leg amputation below the knee
*LW5/7 – double arm amputation
*LW6/8 – single arm amputation
*LW9 – amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg
;Sitting
*LW 10 –
paraplegia
Paraplegia, or paraparesis, is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities. The word comes from Ionic Greek ()
"half-stricken". It is usually caused by spinal cord injury or a congenital condition that affects the neural ...
with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
*LW 11 – paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
*LW 12 – double leg amputation above the knees, or paraplegia with some leg function and good sitting balance
;Visually impaired
*B1 – no functional vision
*B2 – up to ca 3–5% functional vision
*B3 – under 10% functional vision
References
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External links
Winter Sport Classification Canadian Paralympic Committee
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official siteIPC Alpine Skiing
ParalympicSport.TV
World Para Alpine Skiing Championships
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Sports competitions in British Columbia