National Para-Alpine Racers in Sun Peaks, TELUS Para-Alpine Canadian Championships, Results Visually Impared Skiers (VIS) - March 12 2008, the third day of Championships. Slalom (SL).

Slalom: The Slalom is a technical event. The course is shorter than other Alpine Skiing events with a high number of gates (55-75 gates on a men's course and 40-60 on a women's course) that the athletes must negotiate. The penalty for missing a gate is disqualification. Each athlete completes two runs on the same day on different courses. Times from the two courses are added to determine the order of finish.

CLASSIFICATION

There are classifications for athletes with a physical disability three for athletes with visual impairments.

Visually impaired


B1 - Totally blind (no sight)

B2 - Partially sighted (visual acuity of 20/60 - limited sight)

B3 - Partially sighted (visual acuity above 20/60 to 6/60 -more sight than B2)


In all Visually Impaired classes (B1 - B3) a guide is obligatory and the competitor and his guide are a team. Blind skiers are directed through the course by sighted guides using only voice signals or radio communication to indicate the course to follow.
All competitors in the totally blind class (B1) must wear approved backed-out goggles during the competition.

No physical contact between the guide and competitor is allowed during the race. The distance between guide and athlete in technical events (Slalom and Giant Slalom) must not exceed two direction changes and in speed events (Downhill and Super G) must not exceed one direction change.

In partially sighted classes (B2: visual acuity of 20/60 & B3: visual acuity above 20/60 to 6/60), the guide must ski in front of the athlete. For totally blind classes (B1), the guide can ski either in front or behind the athlete.

Telus Canadian Para Alpine - National Championships - Official Results - Slalom

Visually Impared Skiers female

R	Bib		Class	Nation	Time	Time	Total	Diff.
					1st Run	2nd Run	Time
.
1	2	FOREST Vivian
		Guide:
		RAJCHENBACH Anaud
		Result	B 2	CAN	59,76	58,23	1:57.99	000
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2	1	FORESTELL Kathleen
		Guide:
		BOR Andrew
		Result	B 3	CAN	1:02.41	57,28	1:59.69	002

Visually Impared Skiers male

R	Bib		Class	Nation	Time	Time	Total	Diff.
					1st	2nd	Time
					Run	Run	Time
.
1	5	WILLIAMSON Christopher
		Guide:
		BRUSH Nick
		Result	B 3	CAN	48,02	46,08	1:34.10	000
.
2	4	MALONEY Jay
		Guide:
		MALONEY Tyier
		Result	B 2	CAN	53,45	51,48	1:44.93	10,83
.
3	7	ROCHE Ken
		Guide:
		HARBRIDGE Chuck
		Result	B 1	CAN	1:35.77	1:39.83	3:15.60	1:41.50
.
4	8	BROWN Dave
		Guide:
		BINSFELD Gwen
		Result	B 2-2	CAN	1:56.63	1:41.19	3:37.82	2:03.72