List of Sports at the 2006 Winter Paralympic Games
The 2006 Paralympic Winter Games was held in Turin, Italy. There were five sports on the program, and 58 events overall. Compared to the previous Winter Paralympics in 2002, the sport of wheelchair curling has been added. Here is a list of the sports.
wheelchair curling at the Turin Paralympics
2006 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.
- Wheelchair curling - Athletes with lower-body impairments compete from wheelchairs, delivering curling stones toward the target without the sweeping used in Olympic curling.
Winter Paralympics Games
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