List of Sports at the 2002 Winter Paralympic Games
The 2002 Paralympic Winter Games was held in Salt Lake City, USA. There were four sports on the program, and 92 events overall. Compared to the previous Winter Paralympics in 1998, the sport of ice sledge racing has been removed. Here is a list of the sports.
2002 Paralympic Sports List
- Para alpine skiing - Para alpine skiers with physical, vision or intellectual impairments compete in downhill, slalom, giant slalom, super-G and combined events, racing individually against the clock.
- Para biathlon - Athletes with physical or vision impairments compete in cross-country skiing races that include rifle shooting, with penalties added for missed targets.
- Para cross-country skiing - Athletes with physical or vision impairments race over long distances using standing, sitting or visually guided classifications.
- Para ice hockey - Athletes with lower-body impairments compete on sledges, propelling themselves with two sticks.
Winter Paralympics Games
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