List of Sports at the 2010 Winter Paralympic Games
The 2010 Paralympic Winter Games was held in Vancouver, Canada. There were five sports on the program, and 64 events overall. Here is a list of the sports, the same five sports as in 2006.
USA's Andy Soule, the first American to win a medal in biathlon
2010 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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