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

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
Paralympic alpine skiing
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

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
	1	Viviane Forest Guide: Lindsay Debou	Canada	1:27.51
	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

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

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

• Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

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

External links

• 2010 Winter Plympics schedule and results, at the official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver