Para-alpine skiing
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Para-alpine skiing is an adaptation of alpine skiing for athletes with a disability. The sport evolved from the efforts of disabled veterans in Germany and Austria during and after the Second World Wa
Talan Skeels-Piggins from Great Britain in the first run for the men's slalom (sitting) at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, Canada.
Australian Paralympian Michael Milton at the 1988 Innsbruck Winter Games.
A disabled veteran uses a sit ski at Vail, Colorado.
A Norwegian skier in the downhill at the 1988 Winter Paralympics
Para-alpine skiing classification is the classification system for para-alpine skiing designed to ensure fair competition between alpine skiers with different types of disabilities. The classification
Para-alpine skiing
…skis, sit-skis, and mono-skis. Para-alpine skiing disciplines include the downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, super combined, and snowboard. Para-alpine skiing classification is the classification system for para-alpine skiing designed to ensure fair competition between alpine skiers with different types of disabilities. The…
Australia's Cameron Rahles Rahbula competing in the Super G at the 2012 IPC Nor Am Cup at Copper Mountain, Colorado
German sit skier Anna Schaffelhuber at the 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships in La Molina, Spain
Henrieta Farkasova from Slovakia at the 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships in La Molina, Spain
Alexandra Frantseva, a B2 skier from Russia at the 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships at La Molina in Spain