Alpine Skiing

Speed, strength, power ... athletes in all disability classes combine these elements pushing their limits to speed down mountain tops and through slalom courses in alpine skiing events. The competitions are the same as those in the Olympic competitons, namely: downhill, super-G, giant slalom and slalom. Apparent disabililites of the skiers do not get in the way of breathtaking performances and the competitors in the alpine events at the Lillehammer 1994 Winter Paralympics certainly lived up to the Olympic motto: "Faster, Higher, Stronger".

Visually impaired skiers are guided through the course by sighted companions, and athletes with physical disabilities use equipment that is adapted to their needs; including single skies, sit-skies, or orthopedic aids. As these athletes speed down the courses, they prove without a doubt that the alpine events at the Paralympic level are anything but rehabilitation!

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