The governing board of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has approved the Paralympic program for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games at a meeting held June 23 and 24 in Lausanne.
The board confirmed that athletes will compete in five sports – Alpine Skiing, Biathlon, Cross Country, Ice Sledge Hockey and Wheelchair Curling.
For Alpine Skiing the IPC accepted the possible addition of medal events in Super Combined – a two part event that includes a Super-G race and Slalom on one day for which the times of each race are compiled to determine a final result ranking – pending a comprehensive feasibility analysis by the IPC and Vancouver 2010.
In 2010 Wheelchair Curling will be a 10-team tournament adding two more teams than at the Turin 2006 Winter Games.
IPC President Sir Philip Craven said “there is potential for more sports, disciplines and events as well as athletes to compete at Winter Paralympics and we are confident that for the Games in Vancouver we will be able to augment the number of athletes taking part. We hope that the National Paralympic Committees and sports will work together with us to make sure that viable new sports, disciplines and events can be added to future Paralympic Games programs”.
