Cross-Country Skiing at the Winter Paralympic Games
Cross-Country Skiing has been on every Winter Paralympic program since the first event in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden in 1976. The competition is open to athletes with a physical impairment and visual impairment.
Depending on functional impairment, a competitor with little or no leg functionality uses a chair equipped with a pair of skis.
disabled cross-country skiier in action Athletes with visual impairment compete with a sighted guide. There are events for male and female athletes over distances ranging from 2.5km to 20km, using classical or free techniques.
Related Pages
- List of sports at the Winter Paralympics
- Cross-Country Skiing at the Winter Olympics
- List of Sports for Athletes with Disabilities
- More about the sport of Cross-Country Skiing
- Complete list of sports
- Main Winter Paralympics page
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