2011 IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Championships
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The 2011 IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Championships
IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Championships
The IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Championships, along with the Winter Paralympic Games, are the most prestigious level of international competition in Paralympic nordic skiing.-Championships:-See also:*Biathlon at the Winter Paralympics...

took place 2 - 11 April 2011 in Khanty-Mansiysk
Khanty-Mansiysk
Khanty-Mansiysk experiences a subarctic climate . The climate is extreme, with temperatures as low as -49 C° and as high as 34.5 C°. On average, however, the region is very cold, with an average tempurature of -1.1 C°...

, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. IPC stands for International Paralympic Committee
International Paralympic Committee
The International Paralympic Committee is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nine sports...

. This was the first time these championships were hosted in Russia, and the first time the championships were hosted in the same city as the IBU Biathlon World Championships
Biathlon World Championships 2011
The 44th Biathlon World Championships was held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia from March 3 to March 13 2011.There was a total of 11 competitions: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay races for men and women, and mixed relay...

 which was held in Khanty-Mansiysk from March 3 to March 13, 2011.

Skiers competed in sitting, standing or visually impaired classification categories in various biathlon
Biathlon
Biathlon is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. However, biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting...

 and cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...

 events.

The Opening ceremony was held on March 31, and the Closing ceremony was scheduled to be held on April 10.

Canadian Brian McKeever
Brian McKeever
Brian McKeever is a Canadian cross-country skier and biathlete. He began skiing at the age of three and started competing at thirteen. At 19 he began losing his vision due to Stargardt's disease. At the 2002 and 2006 Winter Paralympics he competed in both cross-country skiing and biathlon...

 competed at the Championships without his brother Robin McKeever
Robin McKeever
Robin McKeever is a Canadian cross country skier, sighted guide, Paralympian and Olympian.He participated in cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano....

 as his sighted guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

, who recently had knee surgery.

The Championships can be seen free at IPC
International Paralympic Committee
The International Paralympic Committee is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nine sports...

's internet TV channel ParalympicSport.TV as video on demand
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.

Schedule of events

The provisional timeschedule of the event stands below. All times in UTC+3
UTC+3
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Day Date Time Sport Event Class
Saturday April 2 13:00 Biathlon Pursuit Standing (LW2-9)
Visual impairment (B1-3)
Sitting (LW10-12)
Sunday April 3 11:00 Cross-Country Skiing Middle Standing (LW2-9)
Visual impairment (B1-3)
Sitting (LW10-12)
Monday April 4 11:00 Cross-Country Skiing Long Standing (LW2-9)
Visual impairment (B1-3)
Tuesday April 5 11:00 Cross-Country Skiing Long Sitting (LW10-12)
Thursday April 7 11:00 Biathlon 7.5km Standing (LW2-9)
Visual impairment (B1-3)
Sitting (LW10-12)
Friday April 8 16:00 Cross-Country Skiing Sprint Standing (LW2-9)
Visual impairment (B1-3)
Sitting (LW10-12)
Saturday April 9 13:00 Cross-Country Skiing Relay open
Sunday April 10 10:00 Biathlon 12.5km Standing (LW2-9)
Visual impairment (B1-3)
10km Sitting (LW10-12)

Men

Pursuit
visually
impaired
Anatolii Kovalevskyi
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Borys Babar
9:25.1 Nikolay Polukhin
Nikolay Polukhin
Nikolay Polukhin is a Russian cross country skier, biathlete and Paralympic Champion.One of his most notable achievements is winning the most medals at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics, with six medals, including one gold...


Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Andrey Tokarev
Andrey Tokarev
Andrey Tokarev is a Russian cross country skier, biathlete, sighted guide and Paralympic Champion.He was awarded the Order of Honour by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in 2010....


9:40.0 Vasili Shaptsiaboi
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Mikalai Shablouski
10:28.9
sitting Roman Petushkov
Roman Petushkov
Roman Petushkov is a Russian cross-country skier, biathlete and Paralympian. He compete in classification category sitting events....


9:59.0 Irek Zaripov
Irek Zaripov
Irek Zaripov is a Russian biathlete and cross-country skier.He lost his legs in a car accident in 2000. He started to practice skiing in 2005....


10:08.0 Ivan Goncharov
11:33.8
standing Grygorii Vovchynskyi
Grygorii Vovchynskyi
Grygorii Vovchynskyi is a Ukrainian biathlete, cross-country skier and Paralympian. He is classified LW8 , and compete in classification category standing....


10:21.0 Azat Karachurin
10:25.1 Kirill Mikhaylov
Kirill Mikhaylov
Kirill Mikhaylov is a Russian cross-country skier, biathlete and four time Paralympic Champion. He compete in classification category standing events....


10:26.6
Individual
visually
impaired
Nikolay Polukhin
Nikolay Polukhin
Nikolay Polukhin is a Russian cross country skier, biathlete and Paralympic Champion.One of his most notable achievements is winning the most medals at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics, with six medals, including one gold...


Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Andrey Tokarev
Andrey Tokarev
Andrey Tokarev is a Russian cross country skier, biathlete, sighted guide and Paralympic Champion.He was awarded the Order of Honour by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in 2010....


38:22.1 Brian McKeever
Brian McKeever
Brian McKeever is a Canadian cross-country skier and biathlete. He began skiing at the age of three and started competing at thirteen. At 19 he began losing his vision due to Stargardt's disease. At the 2002 and 2006 Winter Paralympics he competed in both cross-country skiing and biathlon...


Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Erik Carleton
41:57.3 Anatolii Kovalevskyi
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Borys Babar
42:51.6
sitting Irek Zaripov
Irek Zaripov
Irek Zaripov is a Russian biathlete and cross-country skier.He lost his legs in a car accident in 2000. He started to practice skiing in 2005....


34:51.7 Ivan Goncharov
35:47.1 Sergiy Khyzhnyak
37:19.0
standing Grygorii Vovchynskyi
Grygorii Vovchynskyi
Grygorii Vovchynskyi is a Ukrainian biathlete, cross-country skier and Paralympian. He is classified LW8 , and compete in classification category standing....


39:03.2 Nils-Erik Ulset
39:08.6 Yannick Bourseaux
39:13.3
7.5 km
visually
impaired
Nikolay Polukhin
Nikolay Polukhin
Nikolay Polukhin is a Russian cross country skier, biathlete and Paralympic Champion.One of his most notable achievements is winning the most medals at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics, with six medals, including one gold...


Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Andrey Tokarev
Andrey Tokarev
Andrey Tokarev is a Russian cross country skier, biathlete, sighted guide and Paralympic Champion.He was awarded the Order of Honour by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in 2010....


21:09.9 Vasili Shaptsiaboi
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Mikalai Shablouski
21:40.8 Wilhelm Brem
Wilhelm Brem
Wilhelm Brem is a Paralympic biathlete and cross-country skier competing for Germany at the 2010 Winter Paralympics.- References :...


Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Florian Grimm
21:59.1
sitting Irek Zaripov
Irek Zaripov
Irek Zaripov is a Russian biathlete and cross-country skier.He lost his legs in a car accident in 2000. He started to practice skiing in 2005....


19:37.0 Kamil Rosiek
20:19.7 Roman Petushkov
Roman Petushkov
Roman Petushkov is a Russian cross-country skier, biathlete and Paralympian. He compete in classification category sitting events....


20:41.9
standing Kirill Mikhaylov
Kirill Mikhaylov
Kirill Mikhaylov is a Russian cross-country skier, biathlete and four time Paralympic Champion. He compete in classification category standing events....


20:41.5 Nils-Erik Ulset
21:00.7 Oleg Balukhto
21:18.1

Women

Pursuit
visually
impaired
Mikhalina Lysova
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Alexey Ivanov
10:30.7 Oksana Shyshkova
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Volodymyr Ivanov
Volodymyr Ivanov (skier)
Volodymyr Ivanov is a Ukrainian biathlete, cross-country skier, sighted guide and Paralympian.He has competed at three Paralympic Games as the sighted guide for Vitaliy Lukyanenko....


11:35.5 Elena Remizova
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Natalia Yakimova
11:52.1
sitting Maria Iovleva
Maria Iovleva
Maria Iovleva is a Russian biathlete and cross-country skier representing Russia at the 2010 Winter Paralympics. She won two medals in sitting biathlon, one of them gold and was on the gold medal team of women's cross-country relay. She is deaf and paralyzed...


12:06.6 Olena Iurkovska
Olena Iurkovska
Olena Iurkovska is a cross-country skier and biathlete from Ukraine, and a five time Paralympic Champion. She has competed at every Winter Paralympic Games since 2002, winning a total of five gold, five silver, and five bronze medals up to 2010...


12:18.6 Andrea Eskau
13:44.4
standing Anna Burmistrova
Anna Burmistrova
Anna Alexandrovna Burmistrova is a Russian Paralympic biathlete and cross-country skier. She was born with Erb's palsy which resulted in her left arm being paralyzed.She was named Honoured Master of Sport for her efforts at the 2010 Paralympic Games....


12:03.5 Katarzyna Rogowiec
Katarzyna Rogowiec
Katarzyna Rogowiec is a Polish Paralympian. She won two gold medals at the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin in cross-country skiing, and also competes at the highest levels in biathlon ....


12:08.2 Oleksandra Kononova
12:35.9
Individual
visually
impaired
Mikhalina Lysova
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Alexey Ivanov
50:21.3 Oksana Shyshkova
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Volodymyr Ivanov
Volodymyr Ivanov (skier)
Volodymyr Ivanov is a Ukrainian biathlete, cross-country skier, sighted guide and Paralympian.He has competed at three Paralympic Games as the sighted guide for Vitaliy Lukyanenko....


52:22.2 Tatiana Ilyuchenko
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Valery Koshkin
53:10.1
sitting Andrea Eskau
38:27.4 Olena Iurkovska
Olena Iurkovska
Olena Iurkovska is a cross-country skier and biathlete from Ukraine, and a five time Paralympic Champion. She has competed at every Winter Paralympic Games since 2002, winning a total of five gold, five silver, and five bronze medals up to 2010...


39:11.1 Lyudmyla Pavlenko
40:23.8
standing Oleksandra Kononova
49:43.3 Katarzyna Rogowiec
Katarzyna Rogowiec
Katarzyna Rogowiec is a Polish Paralympian. She won two gold medals at the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin in cross-country skiing, and also competes at the highest levels in biathlon ....


49:56.7 Maija Loytynoja
50:06.4
7.5 km
visually
impaired
Elena Remizova
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Natalia Yakimova
26:35.0 Mikhalina Lysova
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Alexey Ivanov
27:20.3 Tatiana Ilyuchenko
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Valery Koshkin
27:25.1
sitting Olena Iurkovska
Olena Iurkovska
Olena Iurkovska is a cross-country skier and biathlete from Ukraine, and a five time Paralympic Champion. She has competed at every Winter Paralympic Games since 2002, winning a total of five gold, five silver, and five bronze medals up to 2010...


23:02.3 Lyudmyla Pavlenko
23:45.2 Andrea Eskau
24:05.7
standing Oleksandra Kononova
24:43.7 Katarzyna Rogowiec
Katarzyna Rogowiec
Katarzyna Rogowiec is a Polish Paralympian. She won two gold medals at the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin in cross-country skiing, and also competes at the highest levels in biathlon ....


25:35.6 Maija Loytynoja
26:34.7

Men

Sprint
visually
impaired
Brian McKeever
Brian McKeever
Brian McKeever is a Canadian cross-country skier and biathlete. He began skiing at the age of three and started competing at thirteen. At 19 he began losing his vision due to Stargardt's disease. At the 2002 and 2006 Winter Paralympics he competed in both cross-country skiing and biathlon...


Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Erik Carleton
3:13.8 Nikolay Polukhin
Nikolay Polukhin
Nikolay Polukhin is a Russian cross country skier, biathlete and Paralympic Champion.One of his most notable achievements is winning the most medals at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics, with six medals, including one gold...


Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Andrey Tokarev
Andrey Tokarev
Andrey Tokarev is a Russian cross country skier, biathlete, sighted guide and Paralympic Champion.He was awarded the Order of Honour by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in 2010....


3:18.2 Alexei Toropov
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Sergey Maksimov
3:21.8
sitting Trygve Steinar Larsen
2:15.5 Chris Klebl
2:22.3 Irek Zaripov
Irek Zaripov
Irek Zaripov is a Russian biathlete and cross-country skier.He lost his legs in a car accident in 2000. He started to practice skiing in 2005....


2:29.1
standing Kirill Mikhaylov
Kirill Mikhaylov
Kirill Mikhaylov is a Russian cross-country skier, biathlete and four time Paralympic Champion. He compete in classification category standing events....


3:10.7 Vegard Dahle
3:15.0 Vladimir Kononov
Vladimir Kononov
Vladimir Kononov is a Russian cross-country skier and Paralympian. He compete in classification category standing events, and is classified LW5/7 ....


3:16.1
Middle distance
visually
impaired
Brian McKeever
Brian McKeever
Brian McKeever is a Canadian cross-country skier and biathlete. He began skiing at the age of three and started competing at thirteen. At 19 he began losing his vision due to Stargardt's disease. At the 2002 and 2006 Winter Paralympics he competed in both cross-country skiing and biathlon...


Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Erik Carleton
24:28.5 Nikolay Polukhin
Nikolay Polukhin
Nikolay Polukhin is a Russian cross country skier, biathlete and Paralympic Champion.One of his most notable achievements is winning the most medals at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics, with six medals, including one gold...


Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Andrey Tokarev
Andrey Tokarev
Andrey Tokarev is a Russian cross country skier, biathlete, sighted guide and Paralympic Champion.He was awarded the Order of Honour by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in 2010....


25:14.3 Vasili Shaptsiaboi
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Mikalai Shablouski
25:48.5
sitting Irek Zaripov
Irek Zaripov
Irek Zaripov is a Russian biathlete and cross-country skier.He lost his legs in a car accident in 2000. He started to practice skiing in 2005....


24:31.0 Enzo Masiello
24:42.9 Trygve Steinar Larsen
24:50.9
standing Vladimir Kononov
Vladimir Kononov
Vladimir Kononov is a Russian cross-country skier and Paralympian. He compete in classification category standing events, and is classified LW5/7 ....


25:05.6 Kirill Mikhaylov
Kirill Mikhaylov
Kirill Mikhaylov is a Russian cross-country skier, biathlete and four time Paralympic Champion. He compete in classification category standing events....


25:33.9 Azat Karachurin
25:41.9
Long distance
visually
impaired
Brian McKeever
Brian McKeever
Brian McKeever is a Canadian cross-country skier and biathlete. He began skiing at the age of three and started competing at thirteen. At 19 he began losing his vision due to Stargardt's disease. At the 2002 and 2006 Winter Paralympics he competed in both cross-country skiing and biathlon...


Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Erik Carleton
53:26.7 Nikolay Polukhin
Nikolay Polukhin
Nikolay Polukhin is a Russian cross country skier, biathlete and Paralympic Champion.One of his most notable achievements is winning the most medals at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics, with six medals, including one gold...


Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Andrey Tokarev
Andrey Tokarev
Andrey Tokarev is a Russian cross country skier, biathlete, sighted guide and Paralympic Champion.He was awarded the Order of Honour by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in 2010....


54:10.0 Alexei Toropov
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Sergey Maksimov
58:42.2
sitting Chris Klebl
35:34.6 Irek Zaripov
Irek Zaripov
Irek Zaripov is a Russian biathlete and cross-country skier.He lost his legs in a car accident in 2000. He started to practice skiing in 2005....


35:43.6 Enzo Masiello
36:15.7
standing Kirill Mikhaylov
Kirill Mikhaylov
Kirill Mikhaylov is a Russian cross-country skier, biathlete and four time Paralympic Champion. He compete in classification category standing events....


53:53.0 Vegard Dahle
56:01.2 Ilkka Tuomisto
57:22.5
Relay
open
Sergey Shilov
Sergey Shilov
Sergey Shilov is a Russian cross-country skier, biathlete and six time Paralympic Champion.Shilov has competed at nine Paralympic Games , in cross-country skiing, biathlon and in athletics...

,
Kirill Mikhaylov
Kirill Mikhaylov
Kirill Mikhaylov is a Russian cross-country skier, biathlete and four time Paralympic Champion. He compete in classification category standing events....

,
Nikolay Polukhin
Nikolay Polukhin
Nikolay Polukhin is a Russian cross country skier, biathlete and Paralympic Champion.One of his most notable achievements is winning the most medals at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics, with six medals, including one gold...

,
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Andrey Tokarev
Andrey Tokarev
Andrey Tokarev is a Russian cross country skier, biathlete, sighted guide and Paralympic Champion.He was awarded the Order of Honour by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in 2010....

42:11.7
Trygve Steinar Larsen,
Vegard Dahle,
Nils-Erik Ulset
42:21.9
Iurii Kostiuk
Iurii Kostiuk
Iurii Kostiuk is a Ukrainian biathlete, cross-country skier and Paralympic Champion.He competed in biathlon and cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy. In cross-country skiing he took the gold medal in the men's 15 km, silver in the 5 km and bronze in the 10 km, sitski...

,
Grygorii Vovchynskyi
Grygorii Vovchynskyi
Grygorii Vovchynskyi is a Ukrainian biathlete, cross-country skier and Paralympian. He is classified LW8 , and compete in classification category standing....

,
Vitaliy Lukyanenko
Vitaliy Lukyanenko
Vitaliy Lukyanenko is a Ukrainian biathlete, cross-country skier and Paralympian.He is classified B3 , and compete in classification category visually impaired....

,
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Dmytro Khurtyk
44:29.4

Women

Sprint
visually
impaired
Mikhalina Lysova
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Alexey Ivanov
3:25.5 Oksana Shyshkova
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Volodymyr Ivanov
Volodymyr Ivanov (skier)
Volodymyr Ivanov is a Ukrainian biathlete, cross-country skier, sighted guide and Paralympian.He has competed at three Paralympic Games as the sighted guide for Vitaliy Lukyanenko....


3:30.2 Tatiana Ilyuchenko
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Valery Koshkin
3:35.3
sitting Andrea Eskau
2:39.1 Maria Iovleva
Maria Iovleva
Maria Iovleva is a Russian biathlete and cross-country skier representing Russia at the 2010 Winter Paralympics. She won two medals in sitting biathlon, one of them gold and was on the gold medal team of women's cross-country relay. She is deaf and paralyzed...


2:40.6 Mariann Marthinsen
2:45.4
standing Oleksandra Kononova
4:05.6 Katarzyna Rogowiec
Katarzyna Rogowiec
Katarzyna Rogowiec is a Polish Paralympian. She won two gold medals at the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin in cross-country skiing, and also competes at the highest levels in biathlon ....


4:09.8 Maija Loytynoja
4:09.9
Middle distance
visually
impaired
Elena Remizova
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Natalia Yakimova
14:31.5 Mikhalina Lysova
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Alexey Ivanov
15:01.9 Tatiana Ilyuchenko
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Valery Koshkin
15:25.2
sitting Liudmila Vauchok
Liudmila Vauchok
Liudmila Vauchok is Belarusian Paralympian.She had excelled in athletics and she had won the Belarusian national titles in runs between 1500 and 5000 meters distances before she injured her spine in 2001 and was forced to use a wheelchair. She stayed involved in sports after her injury winning...


13:48.0 Francesca Porcellato
Francesca Porcellato
Francesca Porcellato is an Italian wheelchair athlete. she fell when she was 2 years old and broke here back. she discoverd that she is paralyzed. In addition to participation in the Paralympics, Porcellato is the only woman to have won four London Marathon wheelchair races...


13:57.3 Mariann Marthinsen
14:05.0
standing Katarzyna Rogowiec
Katarzyna Rogowiec
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14:54.3 Oleksandra Kononova
14:56.2 Iuliia Batenkova
16:07.5
Long distance
visually
impaired
Elena Remizova
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Natalia Yakomova
47:44.1 Mikhalina Lysova
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Alexey Ivanov
48:30.7 Tatiana Ilyuchenko
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Valery Koshkin
50:44.1
sitting Colette Bourgonje
Colette Bourgonje
Colette Bourgonje is a Paralympic cross-country skier and athlete. She has won four bronze medals in Summer Paralympics and medals in Winter Paralympics for skiing. Her silver medal at the 2010 Winter Paralympics was Canada's first at home.She is a fourth grade teacher.- References :...


26:56.0 Liudmila Vauchok
Liudmila Vauchok
Liudmila Vauchok is Belarusian Paralympian.She had excelled in athletics and she had won the Belarusian national titles in runs between 1500 and 5000 meters distances before she injured her spine in 2001 and was forced to use a wheelchair. She stayed involved in sports after her injury winning...


27:05.7 Andrea Eskau
27:49.6
standing Oleksandra Kononova
50:43.1 Iuliia Batenkova
52:08.3 Katarzyna Rogowiec
Katarzyna Rogowiec
Katarzyna Rogowiec is a Polish Paralympian. She won two gold medals at the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin in cross-country skiing, and also competes at the highest levels in biathlon ....


52:30.0
Relay
open
Maria Iovleva
Maria Iovleva
Maria Iovleva is a Russian biathlete and cross-country skier representing Russia at the 2010 Winter Paralympics. She won two medals in sitting biathlon, one of them gold and was on the gold medal team of women's cross-country relay. She is deaf and paralyzed...

,
Mikhalina Lysova,
Guide
Sighted guide
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:
Alexey Ivanov,
Elena Remizova,
Guide
Sighted guide
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:
Natalia Yakimova
19:48.4
Olena Iurkovska
Olena Iurkovska
Olena Iurkovska is a cross-country skier and biathlete from Ukraine, and a five time Paralympic Champion. She has competed at every Winter Paralympic Games since 2002, winning a total of five gold, five silver, and five bronze medals up to 2010...

,
Oksana Shyshkova,
Guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

:
Volodymyr Ivanov
Volodymyr Ivanov (skier)
Volodymyr Ivanov is a Ukrainian biathlete, cross-country skier, sighted guide and Paralympian.He has competed at three Paralympic Games as the sighted guide for Vitaliy Lukyanenko....

,
Oleksandra Kononova
20:40.3

Classification

Standing
  • LW2 - standing: single leg amputation
    Amputation
    Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma, prolonged constriction, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preventative surgery for...

     above the knee
  • LW3 - standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy
    Cerebral palsy
    Cerebral palsy is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that cause physical disability in human development, chiefly in the various areas of body movement....

    , or equivalent impairment
  • LW4 - standing: single leg amputation below the knee
  • LW5/7 - standing: double arm amputation
  • LW6/8 - standing: single arm amputation
  • LW9 - standing: amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg


Sitting
  • LW 10 - sitting: paraplegia
    Paraplegia
    Paraplegia is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities. The word comes from Ionic Greek: παραπληγίη "half-striking". It is usually the result of spinal cord injury or a congenital condition such as spina bifida that affects the neural elements of the spinal canal...

     with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
  • LW 11 - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
  • LW 12 - sitting: double leg amputation above the knees, or paraplegia with some leg function and good sitting balance


Visual impairment
  • B1 - visually impaired: no functional vision
  • B2 - visually impaired: up to ca 3-5% functional vision
  • B3 - visually impaired: under 10% functional vision


Skiers with a visual impairement compete with a sighted guide
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

. The skier with the visual impairment and the guide are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.

Calculated time

A percentage system is used to calculate the final time of each skier. Each skiers finishing time, is multiplied with a percentage factor, to determine a final, calculated time.

Within each category (sitting, standing, visual impairment) there are skiers with various classifications (for example B1, B2 and B3 in the visual impairment category). There are different percentage factors for each classification.

Class Percentage (factor)
Classic Free technique
Visual impairment
B1 87% 85%
B2 98% 98%
B3 100% 100%
Standing
LW2 91-93%* 86 – 91%*
LW3 87-94%* 80 – 96%*
LW4 96% 96%
LW5/7 79% 87%
LW6 91% 96%
LW8 92% 97%
LW9 85 – 95%* 82 – 96%*
Sitting
LW10 86%
LW10,5 91%
LW11 94%
LW11,5 98%
LW12 100%

Participating nations

13 countries competed.

Medal table


Top nations

Medal winners by nation.
1 20 13 15 48
2 8 9 6 23
3 5 2 0 6
4 2 0 4 6
5 1 5 3 9
6 1 5 1 7
7 1 2 2 5
8 0 2 1 3
9 0 0 4 4
10 0 0 1 1
Total 38 38 37 113

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