Winter Paralympic Games 2018

[uk12points 434]

Winter Paralympic Games 2018

 

PyeongChang (KOR) - 9 March 2018 - 18 March 2018

 

 

Totallympics Results Thread

[uk12points 434]

TEAM SIZES

 

• United States - 68
• Canada - 51
• Japan - 38
• Norway - 32
• Neutral Paralympic Athletes - 30
• Italy - 25
• Czech Republic - 21
• Sweden - 21
• Ukraine - 21
• Germany - 20
• Great Britain - 14
• Austria - 13
• Finland - 13
• Switzerland - 13
• France - 12
• Australia - 11
• Slovakia - 11
• Netherlands - 9
• Poland - 8
• Croatia - 7
• Kazakhstan - 6
• Iran - 5
• Chile - 4
• New Zealand - 3
• Argentina - 2
• Belgium - 2
• Hungary - 2
• North Korea - 2
• Andorra - 1
• Armenia - 1
• Denmark - 1
• Iceland - 1
• Kenya - 1
• Mexico - 1
• Mongolia - 1
• Pakistan - 1
• Slovenia - 1
• Turkey - 1
• Uzbekistan - 1

 

• Belarus
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• China
• Estonia
• Georgia
• Greece
• Liechtenstein
• Romania
• Serbia
• South Korea
• Tajikistan

 

Edited February 28, 2018 by uk12points

[uk12points 434]

Alpine Skiing

 

Competition Details
City	PyeongChang
Dates	March 10th - March 18th, 2018
Venue	Jeongseon Alpine Centre
Website	Official Website

 

 

There will be 30 events contested in Alpine Skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games, 15 for men and 15 for women. Competitions take place in 5 different courses across 3 sport classifications for each gender, with the courses being Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super-G, Downhill and Super Combined. The 3 sport classifications are Visually Impaired (where athletes ski with guides),  Standing (for skiers with a variety of leg and arm impairments but can stand) and Sitting (for skiers with trunk and leg impairments who race seated).

 

6 Athletes to watch in PyeongChang 2018:

Henrieta Farkasova - Women's Visually Impaired

Marie Bochet - Women's Standing

Claudia Loesch - Women's Sitting

Mac Marcoux - Men's Visually Impaired

Theo Gmur - Men's Standing

Jesper Pedersen - Men's Sitting

 

 

Edited February 26, 2018 by uk12points

[uk12points 434]

Biathlon

 

Competition Details
City	PyeongChang
Dates	March 10th - March 16th, 2018
Venue	Alpenisa Biathlon Centre
Website	Official Website

 

 

There will be 18 events contested in Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games, 9 for men and 9 for women. Competitions take place over 3 different races across 3 sport classifications for each gender, with the races being held over 6km, 10km and 12.5km for women and 7.5km, 12.5km and 15km for men. The 3 sport classifications are Visually Impaired (where athletes ski with guides),  Standing (for skiers with a variety of leg and arm impairments but can stand) and Sitting (for skiers with trunk and leg impairments who race seated).

 

6 Athletes to watch in PyeongChang 2018:

Oksana Shyshkova - Women's Visually Impaired

Ekaterina Rumyantseva - Women's Standing

Oksana Masters - Women's Sitting

Stanislav Chokhlaev - Men's Visually Impaired

Benjamin Daviet - Men's Standing

Eui Hyun Sin - Men's Sitting

 

Edited February 26, 2018 by uk12points

[uk12points 434]

Cross-Country Skiing 

 

Competition Details
City	PyeongChang
Dates	March 11th - March 18th, 2018
Venue	Alpenisa Biathlon Centre
Website	Official Website

 

 

There will be 20 events contested in Cross Country Skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games, 9 for men, 9 for women and 2 mixed relays. Competitions take place over 3 different races across 3 sport classifications for each gender and 2 mixed gender and mixed classification 4x2.5km relays. The races for women will be the Sprint Classic, 5km/7.5km Classic and 12.5km/15km Freestyle and for men will be the Sprint Classic, 7.5km/10km Classic and 15/20km Freestyle. The Mixed 4x2.5km Relay is contested by 4 athletes, including at least 1 woman, and the combined classification percentage of each team must be below 330%. The Open 4x2.5km Relay is contested by 2, 3 or 4 athletes and the combined classification percentage of each team must be below 370%. The 3 sport classifications are Visually Impaired (where athletes ski with guides),  Standing (for skiers with a variety of leg and arm impairments but can stand) and Sitting (for skiers with trunk and leg impairments who race seated).

 

6 Athletes to watch in PyeongChang 2018:

Carina Edlinger - Women's Visually Impaired 

Anna Milenina - Women's Standing

Birgit Skarstein - Women's Sitting 

Zebastian Modin - Men's Visually Impaired 

Rushan Minnegulov - Men's Standing 

Ivan Golubkov - Men's Sitting 

Edited February 26, 2018 by uk12points

[uk12points 434]

Ice Hockey 

 

Competition Details
City	PyeongChang
Dates	March 10th - March 18th, 2018
Venue	Gangneung Hockey Centre
Website	Official Website

 

 

There will be 1 event contested in Ice Hockey at the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games, a mixed-gender 8 team tournament. All competing athletes have impairments affecting the lower parts of their bodies, thus requiring them to play setaed. Canada enter the competition as the current world champions having defeated United States in 2017. However the bronze medallists from 2017, South Korea, may be boosted by the home crowd to challenge for the gold.

 

Teams qualified for PyeongChang 2018:

Canada

Czech Republic

Italy

Japan

Norway

South Korea 

Sweden

United States

 

 

 

Edited February 26, 2018 by uk12points

[uk12points 434]

Snowboarding 

 

Competition Details
City	PyeongChang
Dates	March 12th - March 16th, 2018
Venue	Jeongseon Alpine Centre
Website	Official Website

 

 

There will be 10 events contested in Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games, 6 for men and 4 for women. Competitions take place in 2 different races across 3 sport classifications for each men and 2 for women, with the races being Banked Slalom and head-to-head Snowboard Cross. The 2 sport classifications for men and women are Lower Limb 1 (athletes with lower limb disabilites impacting one leg) and Lower Limb 2 (athletes with lower limb disabilites impacting both legs). There is an additional classification for men of Upper Limb (athletes with disabilites in their upper bodies affecting their balance).

 

5 Athletes to watch in PyeongChang 2018:

Brenna Huckaby - Women's Lower Limb 1

Joany Badenhorst - Women's Lower Limb 2

Mike Schultz - Men's Lower Limb 1

Gurimu Narita - Men's Lower Limb 2 

Maxime Montaggioni - Men's Upper Limb

 

Edited February 26, 2018 by uk12points

[uk12points 434]

Wheelchair Curling 

 

Competition Details
City	PyeongChang
Dates	March 10th - March 17th, 2018
Venue	Gangneung Curling Centre
Website	Official Website

 

 

There will be 1 event contested in Wheelchair Curling at the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games, a mixed-gender 12 team tournament. Each team of 5 athletes must include at least 1 man and 1 woman. All competing athletes have impairments affecting the lower parts of their bodies, thus requiring them to play seated. The Neutral Paralympic Athletes comprised of Russian athletes enters the games world ranked number 1 after topping the Qualification Rankings with gold at the 2015 and 2016 World Championships. However Norway enters the games as the current world champions after winning the event in 2017. Others teams to watch out for include world ranked number 2 China and defending Paralympic champions Canada, who have won the event at every Games since 2006.

 

Teams qualified for PyeongChang 2018:

Canada

China

Finland

Germany

Great Britain

Neutral Paralympic Athletes

Norway

Slovakia

South Korea 

Sweden

Switzerland

United States

 

Edited February 26, 2018 by uk12points

[heywoodu 15,124]

On 1/16/2017 at 15:59, uk12points said:

Update:

 

Brazil have qualified in Men's Nordic Skiing in the final race of Stage 2 of the Nordic Skiing World Cup in Ukraine

 

Thomaz Moraes right? I remember seeing his results and he is so young...if he keeps improving, he could be a very serious threat for some top contenders in 2022 

Edited April 25, 2017 by heywoodu

[uk12points 434]

11 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

Thomaz Moraes right? I remember seeing his results and he is so young...if he keeps improving, he could be a very serious threat for some top contenders in 2022 

Brazil have 2 athletes with the entry standard, but sadly neither were quite good enough to secure a second quota. Technically it is up to the Brazilian federation to pick between Thomaz Moraes or Fernando Rocha, the age difference though is significant Moraes born 2001 or Rocha born 1978, so I would pick Moraes but the workings of internal selections can be complex to say the least. I would expect they might apply for a bipartite invitation for a second quota as there are lots of unused female quota that need allocating.

 

On 2022, he is young and if he keeps improving he could be up there, but most of the sitting field is pretty young, the Ukrainians are only in there 20s and there is a promising Japanese guy who was born in 2000. Plus, I am certain that China will throw lots of resources at Para Nordic Skiing, they send lots of athletes to competitions and I imagine they will be a force to be reckoned with on home snow! But there is definitely potential!

Edited April 25, 2017 by uk12points