2010 Winter Paralympics

2010 Winter Paralympics

Winter Paralympic Games

Sport	winter sport, parasport
Country	Canada
Ein location	Vancouver
Point for tym insyd	March 2010
Tym dem start	12 March 2010
End tym	21 March 2010
Significant event	2010 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony, 2010 Winter Paralympics closing ceremony
Dema official website	https://www.paralympic.org/vancouver-2010

De 2010 Winter Paralympics (French: Jeux paralympiques d'hiver de 2010), anaa de tenth Paralympic Winter Games, were held in Vancouver den Whistler, British Columbia, Canada from March 12 to 21, 2010. De opening ceremony take place insyd BC Place Stadium insyd Vancouver den de Closing Ceremony insyd Whistler Medals Plaza.

Na dis be de first time Canada host De Winter Paralympic Games den second time e host de Paralympics – na de first be de 1976 Summer Paralympics insyd Toronto.

For June 7, 2006, Prince Edward, as member of de Canadian Royal Family den patron of de British Paralympic Association, raise de flag of de Paralympic Games outsyd Vancouver City Hall.^[1]

Brian McKeever of Canada cam turn de first athlete make dem name am insyd Winter Paralympics den Winter Olympics team insyd de same year, although he no compete insyd de Olympic Games. (For de 2010 Winter Olympics, na dem schedule am make he compete insyd de men's 50 km cross-country race, buh de coach replace am plus skier wey do well for earlier event insyd.)^[2][3][4] For de Paralympics, he compete insyd cross-country skiing den biathlon.

Viviane Forest cam turn de first Paralympian make she win gold insyd both de Winter den Summer Games, by she win de women's downhill give visually impaired. Na she previously win gold insyd de 2000 den 2004 Summer Paralympics give women's goalball.^[5][6] Canadian Lauren Woolstencroft win 5 gold medals insyd alpine skiing, de most gold medals win by any Canadian Winter Paralympian for single Games.^[7] German Verena Bentele sanso win 5 gold medals, insyd biathlon den cross-country skiing, den plus dat number dem set de gold medal record give de 2010 Games.

1. ↑ Joyce, Greg (June 8, 2006). "Edward, Sophie raise Paralympics flag, Royal couple rings in 2010 Winter Olympics outside city hall". Vancouver Sun. Canadian Press. Archived from the original on March 11, 2007. (Reprinted at Canada.com)
2. ↑ Cernetig, Mirro (February 17, 2010). "Legally blind skier embodies the Olympic ideal". Vancouver Sun. (Reprinted at CheckOrphan.org)
3. ↑ Cohen, Rachel (February 17, 2010). "Canada's McKeever to ski at Olympics, Paralympics". Associated Press. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
4. ↑ Kelley, Steve (February 20, 2010). "Blind Olympian doesn't believe in limits". Boston Herald. Archived from the original on March 3, 2010.
5. ↑ Beamish, Mike (March 18, 2010). "Paralympic para-alpine skiing: Canada's Viviane Forest does the trifecta, wins visually impaired downhill gold". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on March 23, 2010.
6. ↑ Korobanik, John (March 11, 2010). "Para-alpine star Viviane Forest has potential for huge Games medal haul". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on March 24, 2010.
7. ↑ "Woolstencroft wins fifth gold medal". Vancouver Sun. CanWest News Service. March 21, 2010.