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2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships

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Nations participating
  
22

Dates
  
March 2 - 10

Athletes participating
  
130

Host city
  
Panorama Mountain Village, British Columbia, Canada

Events
  
Downhill, Giant slalom, Slalom, Super combined, Super-G

The 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships was an international disability sport alpine skiing event held in Panorama Mountain Village, British Columbia, Canada from March 2 to 10, 2015. The Championship is held biannually by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and is the largest event of its type outside the Winter Paralympics.

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Skiers competed in sitting, standing or visually impaired classification categories in Downhill, Giant Slalom, Slalom, Super-G, Super Combined and Team events.

Over 130 skiers competed, with Russia finishing the Championship on top of the medal table in both gold medals won and total medals.

This proved to be the last event under the title of "IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships". On 30 November 2016, the IPC, which serves as the international governing body for 10 disability sports, including Alpine skiing, adopted the "World Para" branding for all of those sports. The world championships in said sports were immediately rebranded as "World Para" events. Accordingly, from 2017 forward, the event will be known as the "World Para Alpine Skiing Championships".

Opening ceremony

On March 2, the opening ceremony was held.

Key

Participating nations

Over 130 participants from 22 nations competed.

Classifications

Skiers compete in sitting, standing or visually impaired events, depending on their classification of disability.

Standing
  • LW2 – single leg amputation above the knee
  • LW3 – double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, or equivalent impairment
  • LW4 – single leg amputation below the knee
  • LW5/7 – double arm amputation
  • LW6/8 – single arm amputation
  • LW9 – amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg
    • Sitting
  • LW 10 – paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
  • LW 11 – paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
  • LW 12 – double leg amputation above the knees, or paraplegia with some leg function and good sitting balance
    • Visually impaired
  • B1 – no functional vision
  • B2 – up to ca 3–5% functional vision
  • B3 – under 10% functional vision

    • References

    2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships Wikipedia
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