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The U.S. Paralympics Ski and Snowboard Team is managed by an organization well-versed in what it takes to develop, support and truly inspire Paralympic champions − the U.S. Paralympics. The U.S. Paralympics is a division of the U.S. Olympic Committee. It has acted as the national governing board of the Alpine and Nordic teams since 2012 and for the Snowboard team since its inception in 2014.
This year, the U.S. Paralympics Ski and Snowboard Team consists of 15 Alpine team members, 8 Nordic/Biathlon team members, 8 Snowboard team members and 15 staff members. Collectively, they will compete domestically and internationally in world-class events.
U.S. Paralympic Nordic Team
Nordic Team
Nordic Skiing includes cross-country skiing events, and the Biathlon discipline. Cross-country races range from 800 meter sprints to 20 kilometer distances, depending on class and gender. Biathlon combines elements of cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. Athletes ski three or five loops, stopping after each loop to shoot at targets. For each missed shot, athletes either ski a penalty lap or have one minute added to their final time for each missed shot. Paralympic Nordic Skiing competitions are open to male and female athletes with physical disabilities such as amputation/limb loss, blindness/visual impairment, spinal cord injury/wheelchair users and cerebral palsy/brain injury/stroke.
U.S. Paralympics Alpine Team
Downhill racing started as a demonstration event at the 1980 Paralympic Games in Norway. The giant slalom was first a demonstration event in 1984, and mono-skiing was introduced in the Alpine and Nordic events in 1988 at the games in Austria. The Alpine disciplines include downhill, slalom, giant slalom and super-G races. Paralympic Alpine Skiing competitions are open to male and female athletes with physical disabilities such as amputation, blindness/visual impairment, spinal cord injury/wheelchair users and cerebral palsy/brain injury/stroke.
U.S. Paralympics Snowboard Team
Snowboard Team
Currently, Paralympic Snowboarding consists of two events: boardercross and banked slalom. Both events take place on a man-made course constructed from a variety of terrain features, such as bank turns and various types of jumps and rollers. Boardercross is a competition in which athletes take individual timed runs down a course, and the fastest run time seeds that athlete into a bracket where he/she will then compete head-to-head to advance. Banked Slalom consists of individual timed runs and the athlete with the two best combined runs wins. Both events are offered to upper and lower limb disability standing athletes.
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