Alpine Skiing At The 2010 Winter Paralympics – Women's Super-G
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The women's
super-G Super giant slalom, or super-G, is a racing discipline of alpine skiing. Along with the faster downhill, it is regarded as a "speed" event, in contrast to the technical events giant slalom and slalom. It debuted as an official World Cup event d ...
competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics was held at
Whistler Blackcomb Whistler Blackcomb is a ski resort located in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. By many measures it is the largest ski resort in North America and has the greatest uphill lift capacity. It features the Peak 2 Peak Gondola for moving between ...
in
Whistler, British Columbia Whistler ( Lillooet/Ucwalmícwts: Cwitima, ; Squamish/Sḵwx̱wú7mesh: Sḵwiḵw, ) is a resort municipality in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mounta ...
. The competition was rescheduled to Friday, March 19, and Saturday, March 20, due to weather conditions.


Visually impaired

In the Super-G visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a
sighted guide A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment. Sports Paralympic Games At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment. Rules are according to the Internationa ...
. The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands
thestar.com, March 13, 2010.


Sitting


Standing


See also

*
Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held in Canada at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia, north of Vancouver. The ten events were scheduled for 13–27 February; weather delayed the first event, the men's downhill, t ...


References


Alpine Skiing – Sports – Vancouver 2010


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