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IOC visits Madrid as part of 2020 Olympic bid process

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:29:18 GMT

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission is in Madrid, Spain this week as part of the city's bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Sir Craig Reedie of Great Britain is leading the IOC delegation, whom Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy greeted at the start of their inspection process. Of the fourteen-member bid delegation, five have been through this process before as part of the city's failed bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics bids.

Buen Retiro park in Madrid
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On a cold but sunny day yesterday, the IOC visited four sites on their first inspection date including Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Buen Retiro park and bullfighting ring Las Ventas. Today, the IOC is scheduled to visit the proposed venues for the Olympic village and stadium. The inspection is scheduled to last four days.

Inside of Santiago Bernabeu
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While at Santiago Bernabéu, IOC members met the Spanish national football team captain Iker Casillas and were given Real Madrid jerseys with their names on them.

As Spain is currently undergoing severe economic problems at the moment, with 26% unemployment currently and public debt in 2012 at 84% of the country's gross domestic product, the €1.5bn (US$1.9bn, £1.3bn) costs of the Games have been a highly visible aspect of the city's bid process. Security costs are estimated to add another €149m (US$192m, £127m) to organizing costs. Proponents of the bid including Madrid's mayor Ana Botella believe the Games would provide an economic boost to the city and the country. IOC President Jacques Rogge is also on the record as stating that he does not believe Spanish economic problems will play a part in the IOC's decision-making process. Spanish newspaper El Mundo quoted Rogge saying, "The crisis does not affect it, because substantial facilities have in most cases already been built. No major investment is needed".

Botella outlined some of the costs, quoted by the Associated Press during the IOC visit saying, "The budget that remains for the construction of infrastructure, some 1.5 billion [euros] divided between the three administrations responsible and over a period of seven years, is a perfectly affordable amount."

Local organizers have promised to follow the legacy of London, using historical landmarks and existing venues with 80% of proposed venues, 28 of 35, already in place, and providing a roadmap for future development of Olympic sites to avoid any "white elephants" that are unused after the Games, a situation that happened with a number of Athens Olympic venues. Madrid's bid Chief Executive Victor Sánchez, quoted by Agence France-Presse, explained they avoided "[p]rojects that have no real use for citizens after the Games have finished. That is why we have given priority to existing infrastructures and then to other infrastructures that the city has a direct need for. Finally, where a future use cannot be guaranteed, we have opted for temporary solutions. Only three such temporary solutions will be used, while a mere four permanent facilities remain to be built. The result is lower costs, reduced environmental impact and less disruption to the everyday lives of the people of Madrid, all with government backing at central, regional and municipal level."

Local organizers are preparing to cope with protesters trying to draw attention to Spain's labor situation who planned to picket outside the Hotel Eurostars Madrid Tower where IOC members are staying. The planned protest is over cuts to the Municipal Government budget. Protesters did not picket yesterday, which was a holiday in Madrid. Bid organizers and the government feared potential strikes by people working for the public transport system. Botella explained to the media that protests and work stoppages should not be seen as evidence that Spaniards would not welcome the Games, but rather unhappiness with local economic issues, which Botella said the Games should help fix. Spain's current unemployment level is the highest of any European country and the worst the country has faced since the 1970s. Botella's view is supported by an IOC survey, which found 81% of Spaniards supported Madrid's bid for the Games.

Madrid is one of three cities currently competing for the 2020 Games. The IOC visited Tokyo, Japan earlier this month and is scheduled to visit Istanbul, Turkey later this month. The host city is to be formally selected at a meeting of the IOC on September 7 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Shortly after that, Rogge is scheduled to step down from his position as IOC President.

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Jesus Minguez. "El COI eleva el apoyo popular en España: 81 por ciento" — Diario AS, March 19, 2013 (Spanish)
Duncan Mackay. "Madrid 2020 off to good start but demonstration fears cast a shadow" — InsideTheGames, March 18, 2013
AFP. "Olympics: Madrid mayor hails first day of IOC visit a success" — GlobalPost, March 18, 2013
AP. "IOC begins Madrid inspection" — ESPN, March 18, 2013
"LEAD: IOC evaluating commission begins four-day visit to Madrid" — Europe Online, March 18, 2013
Lauren Davis. "Eight years after the Athens Olympics, some venues have been left to rot" — io9, August 4, 2012

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New Zealand's Adam Hall and Corey Peters finish run at 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:36:48 GMT

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With the IPC Alpine World Championships officially ending Wednesday with the conclusion of the national team non-medal friendly competition a day after the competition's official closing ceremony, New Zealand's Adam Hall and Corey Peters have completed their run. Their country did not compete in the team competition as they did not have enough skiers to form a team.

With their first event the second race of the competition, Hall finished ninth in the men's standing Super-G with a time of 1:16.65, 4.16 seconds off the winning time set by Austrian Markus Salcher. Peters finished the Super-G with a time of 1:18.95 in the men's sitting group for a 22 place finish in a field of 25 skiers.

Hall had his best finish at the Championships on the third day of competition when he earned a bronze medal in the Slalom. Peters did not fair as well, earning a Did Not Finish (DNF) during his second run in the Slalom and consequently not ranking.

In the Super Combined, Hall finished ninth with a combined run time of 1:49.87, 7.43 seconds slower than first place finisher Austrian Matthias Lanzinger. Peters's problems continued, as he earned a DNF during his first run.

Peters finished tenth in the Giant Slalom, with a combined run time of 2:37.73, 21.93 seconds slower than Japanese gold medalist Taiki Morri. Hall skipped the event.

Despite New Zealand's small size, the country has a history of doing well at the Winter Paralympics. Most recently, the country saw success when Hall won a gold medal in the men's standing event at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver.

Adam Hall, New Zealand. 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships at La Molina in Spain. Day 2 of competition. Super-G final.
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2013 IPC Alpine World Championships in La Molina, Spain on Super combined competition day for the first run in the men's standing event.
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2013 IPC Alpine World Championships at La Molina in Spain. Day 3 of competition. Slalom final. Adam Hall of New Zealand.
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Nathalie Carpanedo finishes wild card run at 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:58:30 GMT

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Friday, March 1, 2013

Carpanedo following her Giant Slalom finish
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Carpanedo following her DNF slalom run at the 2013 World Championships in La Molina, Spain. Carpanedo was a wild card entry.
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Wednesday, Spanish LW10-2 classified sit skier Nathalie Carpanedo finished her wild card run at the IPC Alpine World Championships competing as a member of the Spanish team in the international team friendly held the day after the closing ceremonies for the World Championships. Carpanedo's team finished tenth in a field of ten teams, which saw the Austria finish first, team 1 for the United States finish second, and Russia finish third.

Carpanedo started the day with 232.13 International Paralympic Committee Alpine Skiing points, and finished her team race with a time of 26.46 seconds. Because teammate Úrsula Pueyo had a faster time of 20.32, Carpanedo's time was not used in tabulating Spain's overall ranking as only one time by a female skier was required.

Beyond Wednesday's event, Carpanedo competed in two individual races at the Championships. Her first was the Slalom, where she earned a Did Not Finish in her first run. 36 of the 116 competitors had the same result in that race. Her other race, the Giant Slalom, saw her finish in tenth in the women's sitting group with a combined run time of 4:41.30, 2:11.60 minutes slower than first place finisher Austrian Claudia Loesch and 1:09.02 minutes slower than the ninth place finisher Gyöngyi Dani of Hungary. Four skiers in the women's sitting group failed to finish their runs, and 45 of the 117 total skiers in the Giant Slalom failed to rank in the race.

Carpanedo is one of the founding member of the first women's disability ski team in Spain. Created with the support of Teresa Silva, Fundación También insisted the team be for women to encourage their participation in disability sport. Fundación También supports a number of other sports including bicycling, sailing, table tennis, canoeing and scuba diving. Carpanedo's Fundación También teammate Irene Villa attended the final award ceremonies in support of her teammate and winter Paralympic sport in Spain.

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Australia's Mitchell Gourley finishes up at 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:19:51 GMT

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Friday, March 1, 2013

With Australia not having a team compete at Wednesday's IPC Alpine World Championships in La Molina, Spain, Mitchell Gourley finished his turn at the competition where the 2010 Winter Paralympian failed to earn a single medal.

On the first day of competition, Gourley finished tied in thirteenth place with Swiss skier Thomas Pfyl in the downhill with a time of 1:36.40, 6.66 seconds off the winning time set by Austria's Markus Salcher. In the Super-G event on the second day of competition, Gourley finished in eleventh place with a time of 1:16.90 seconds, 4.41 seconds behind winner Salcher. On the third competition day, Gourley earned an eighth place finish in the Slalom with a combined run time of 2:09.66, 3.37 seconds slower than seventh place finisher Andrzej Szczesny of Poland and 13.81 seconds behind winner Vincent Gauthier-Manuel of France. 28 skiers started the Slalom event but only 13 managed to place. Gourley had his best finish in the Super Combined event where he finished in fifth position with a combined run time of 1:45.34, 0.15 seconds slower than fourth place finisher Russian Alexandr Alyabyev and 2.90 seconds slower than Austrian winner Matthias Lanzinger. On the last day of competition, Gourley successfully finished his first run in the Giant Slalom but finished with a Did Not Finish as a result of his second run. Gourley is next set to compete at the Sochi Test event.

Gourley was the only Australian competitor at the Championships. His Australian teammates, including Jessica Gallagher, Melissa Perrine, Toby Kane, and Cameron Rahles Rahbula, missed the Championships either because they needed a small break from this season's competition schedule or to give themselves additional time to train for the Sochi Test event coming up next month.

2013 IPC Alpine World Championships at La Molina in Spain. Day 3 of competition. Slalom final. Mitchell Gourley of Australia
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Mitchell Gourley of Australia talking to a race official following his run in the Super Combined
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Mitchell Gourley of Australia. 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships at La Molina in Spain. Day 2 of competition. Super-G final.
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Super G competition day at the 2013 IPC World Championships in La Molina, Spain. Mitchell Gourley riding a bike.
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Austria wins friendly team competition at end of 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:05:38 GMT

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The IPC Alpine World Championships wrapped up yesterday in La Molina, Spain with a friendly, non-medal counting team event won by Austria. The winner was tabulated based on the fastest score for a visually impaired skier on the team, a female skier on the team, and a male skier on the team. The Austrian team included Markus Salcher, Roman Rabl, and Claudia Loesch for times counted, with Philipp Bonadimann, Thomas Grochar, and Martin Wuerz also competing. The team event included ten teams representing eight countries, with the United States and Canada having two teams each and 54 skiers competing.

The United States team 1 came in second with Tyler Walker, Mark Bathum, and Alana Nichols times counting, and Heath Calhoun, Ralph Green, and Allison Jones also belonging to the team. Russia came in third with Ivan Frantseva, Alexandr Alyabyev, and Mariya Papulova having their scores counted. Hosts Spain finished last with Jon Santacana, Óscar Espallargas, and Úrsula Pueyo having their times counting, and Gabriel Gorce and Nathalie Carpanedo also members of the Spanish team.

The next major competition ahead of the 2014 Winter Paralympics is the test event in Sochi, Russia in March of this year.

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Thomas Grochar on his run
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Visually impaired Canadian skier Mac Marcoux and guide BJ Marcoux experience problems on their run
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Stephani Victor skis for Team USA 2
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France finishes 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships on top of medal ladder

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:27:22 GMT

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

On the final day of individual competition at the 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships in La Molina, Spain, concluded today with the Giant Slalom, France pulled ahead of Austria to sit atop of the medal ladder with seven gold medals, two silver medals, and three bronze medals to Austria's seven gold medals, one silver medal, and three bronze medals. Canada earned the most overall medals at the World Championships with fourteen total medals, two more than France.

France's medals today included a gold by Marie Bochet in the women's standing event. Bochet captured all five individual gold medals available in her group at these World Championships. Vincent Gauthier-Manuel also earned a gold for France, in the men's standing group.

Claudia Loesch earned a gold for Austria in the women's sitting group. It was Austria's only medal on the day.

Canada's medals today included a silver by Viviane Forest and her guide Chloe Lauzon-Gauthier in the women's visually impaired group, a silver by Mac Marcoux and his guide BJ Marcoux in the men's visually impaired, a bronze by Chris Williamson and his guide in the same group, a bronze by Kimberly Joines in the women's sitting group, and a bronze by Alexandra Starker in the women's standing group.

Spain, who had not earned a medal since the second day of competition, increased their medal count by one when Jon Santacana and his guide Miguel Galindo Garcés earned their third gold of the competition after two competitions in a row where they earned Did Not Finishes (DNF) during their second runs.

The final day of skiing saw 117 skiers start, with only 72 getting ranked at the end. 28 skiers earned DNFs during the first run, and nine earned DNFs during their second runs. Five did not start the first run, and one did not start their second run. Two skiers were disqualified in their second runs.

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	FRA	7	2	3	12
2	AUT	7	1	3	11
3	RUS	4	4	3	11
4	JPN	3	3	1	7
5	ESP	3	0	0	3
6	GER	2	7	2	11
7	SVK	2	2	1	5
8	CAN	1	5	8	14
9	USA	1	1	1	3
10	SUI	0	2	4	6
11	GBR	0	2	3	5
12	ITA	0	1	0	1
13	NZL	0	0	1	1

Viviane Forest and Chloe Lauzon-Gauthier of Canada hug following their silver medal run in the Giant Slalom
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Alexandra Frantseva and Pavel Zabotini of Russia hug following their gold medal run in the women's visually impaired Giant Slalom
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Kelly Gallagher and Charlotte Evans of Great Britain make their way down the course in their second run of their bronze medal winning performance in the Giant Slalom
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Jon Santacana and Miguel Galindo Garcés embrace Chris Williamson and his guide Robin Femy following Santacana's gold medal winning run
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Santacana and Galindo at the end of their second run in the Giant Slalom
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Marie Bochet of France gets a hug following earning her fifth medal of the competition
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Marie Bochet after crossing the finish line
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Marie Bochet and German silver medalist Andrea Rothfuss embrace
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Austria regains medal leadboard after fourth competition day of 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:26:22 GMT

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Philipp Bonadimann of Austria at the end of his first run in the Super Combined event
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Yesterday, following the Super Combined event at the 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships, Austria took the lead again in the medal count having earned six total gold medals across four days of competition. France is tied with Austria in the overall medal count.

Austria's medal tally yesterday included a gold by LW11 classified Claudia Loesch in the women's sitting event, a gold by LW4 classified Matthias Lanzinger in the men's standing event, and a bronze by LW11 classified Philipp Bonadimann in the men's sitting event.

Following her gold medal winning, Loesch told the media she was super happy she won, and she had a really good slalom run. She went on to say she usually finishes in second and this was a surprise for her.

France's medal count increased with a gold by LW6/8-2 Marie Bochet in the women's standing, and a bronze by LW4 classified Cedric Amafroi-Broisat in the men's standing.

Spain's vision impaired skier Jon Santacana, who won Spain's only two medals in the competition, failed to finish his second run in the Super Combined. Following the race, he was visibly upset. He had finished the first run in first place by a tenth of a second ahead of eventual gold medalist Chris Williamson and guide Robin Femy of Canada. Williamson hugged silver medalist Miroslav Haraus of Slovakia, and Santacana when Santacana and guide Miguel Galindo Garcés returned to the finishing area after Santacana's fall. Spain's other entrant in the men's visually impaired Super Combined event, Gabriel Gorce and guide Arnau Ferrer, finished three thousandths of a second out of medal contention with a combined run time of 1:47.93. The bronze medalist, Ivan Frantseva and guide German Agranovskii‎ of Russia, had a combined run time of 1:47.90.

At the finish of each competitor's second run, most are requested to go to doping control to insure they are not taking any banned substance. The 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships are scheduled to continue today.

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	AUT	6	1	3	10
2	FRA	5	2	3	10
3	RUS	3	3	3	9
4	GER	2	5	2	9
5	SVK	2	2	1	5
5	JPN	2	2	1	5
7	ESP	2	0	0	2
8	CAN	1	3	5	9
9	USA	1	1	1	3
10	SUI	0	2	2	4
10	GBR	0	2	2	4
12	ITA	0	1	0	1
13	NZL	0	0	1	1

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Wikinews interviews Irene Villa

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:53:56 GMT

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Irene Villa after the interview with the Wikinews reporters.
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Yesterday evening in La Molina, Spain, Wikinews sat down and talked with Irene Villa to discuss para-alpine skiing, disability sport, women's sport, and her own sporting career. Villa was in town as part of activities taking place around the 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships, where one of her skiing club teammates is competing as a member of the Spanish team. Her high profile in Spain has brought additional interest to para-alpine skiing and disability sport in general.

Wikinews: Hi we are interviewing Irene Villa, who is a disability skier from Spain and professional author, social figure, journalist, and psychologist. You are most well known for being a terrorist survivor, but you're here because of the [2013 Alpine Skiing] World Championships.^((es))

Irene Villa: I'm here because I love sitting ski, I practice and I compete, but since I got pregnant and my son was born I stopped competing. But before I had my son I competed against the people who will run tomorrow, the Germans who win, and I wanted to be here. I haven't raced in the World Cup, but I did race in the European Cup. And well, I'm also here to support paralympic sports.^((es))

WN: In 2009 you said you were trying to make the 2010 Winter Paralympics. After giving birth are you going to continue with the sport and hope to make 2018?^((es))

Irene Villa: I would love to. The thing is that you need a certain amount of IPCAS points. I'm now competing, on top of that I have an injury, tomorrow and the next day I will be training, and I don't know if I'll have enough time to make it. Sochi [Winter Paralympic Games of 2014] is right around the corner, next year, so it depends on how many point you've got. 2018? For sure.^((es))

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WN: You compete in a lot of national competitions, and with disability sport in general, classification is a big issue. Competing in national competitions, does classification come into play, especially when there is so few women skiers in your group?^((es))

Irene Villa: Yes, certainly. You see, I have an advantage because I have buttocks, I have abs. I have an advantage over a teammate who has a spinal injury here [points to the high part of the back] and also competes. So of course classification is very important because we cannot have an advantage. I believe in competing in equal fairness, and disabilities vary so much that you need a good classification. Issues because of classification? Well, I think we are pretty well classified. For example, my fingers [shows hand where she lost three fingers] are not taken into account in classification, there's always going to be a small detail that they don't count. This is a disadvantage when holding the outrigger, and yet I'm classified like someone who is missing half a leg, for example. I'm missing both legs and three fingers. But, it's really complicated to finetune it... Because then we would need to have twenty thousand classifications. This is what we have.^((es))

WN: Some of the skiers I've talked to in the mens' side, not in Spain, but from other countries, have complained about the quality of womens' skiing, and that there's not enough high quality competition. That's why I was interested in if classification was impacting women's skiing because there is so few women skiers, that classes seem they'd make it harder to find competitors in classes that are making the sport equitable and fair.^((es))

Irene Villa: Of course. In the case of the women, it is really hard to get a woman skiing, to have her compete in sit-ski. In fact, in Spain we exist thanks to Fundación También, which insisted in there being a female category. There was no female category, no women who dared. And we're the same who started out in 2007. There has been no new blood because women don't dare, because it is a tough sport, that requires sponsors —that do not exist—, or your own money, and it also demands courage and withstanding bad moments. I've suffered cold and injuries, and had some really tough times. You take away the best with you, but it is very hard, and men resist the cold better.^((es))

WN: Your personal experiences have adequately prepared you to hurl yourself down the mountain at high speed? ^((es))

Irene Villa: At the beginning, it was very scary. The first times were very hard: falls, injuries... I even dislocated my vertebra and got a prothesis for the neck because of a hernia, one teammate broke her clavicle, another her femur... It has a lot of risks, but the truth is, speed hooks you! Once you learn to plant the ski pole, angle yourself, learn the position you must use, which is like a motorcycle rider's, once you see you can run a lot and not fall, speed is addictive and you want to go faster.^((es))

WN: Most of the ski team looks like they come from the Madrid area? From the Fundación También?^((es))

Irene Villa: In my team we are from everywhere in Spain. Even Nathalie Carpanedo is from France.^((es))

WN: How does a Frenchwoman become a Spanish skier?^((es))

Irene Villa: Because she lives in Madrid. She has the Spanish nationality. Then we have another woman from the South of Spain, in Andalusia, from Tarragona in Catalonia, from Galicia... We are from all parts of Spain.^((es))

WN: So there's a national ski culture. People think of Spain as a place with beaches and no snow.^((es))

Irene Villa: There's not too much tradition of paralympic skiing, to be true. There's less. But we do have Sierra Nevada and the Pyrenees.^((es))

WN: The Paralympics in Spain are supported by the Plan ADO Paralímpico. Do they provide enough support to women and to winter sports in general?^((es))

Irene Villa: The people in the national squad, like Úrsula Pueyo, would know that. If Plan ADO helps someone, it's the people in the national team, those who dedicate their lives to the sport. They offered it to me when I was at my peak, in 2010, when I won my first gold medals and wasn't yet married. They offered me to move to Baqueira, where Úrsula lives, with Nathalie, and with a Catalan girl too, but I declined, because when you have a life, a daily job, events, conferences, travels.... you can't leave it all for the sport. But I think the Plan does help the people who dedicate themselves to the sport, like Úrsula.^((es))

WN: When I've read about disability skiing in Spain for women, they talk about you and they talk about Teresa Silva. Is there a way to get more attention for women skiers on that level, outside of using you and Teresa Silva as a vehicle? Not that you are not great for drawing attention! But how do you draw more attention to women's sports and high quality that women are capable of doing?^((es))

Irene Villa: Oh, I would like that more people would join this sport or any other disability sport, that they practised it. And what we do is try to encourage them through the media, interviews, conferences... Teresa is the director of Fundación También, and she has access to talk with many people. As a speaker in motivation conferences and the like, I make people aware of it too. But it is difficult, because people try it out and love it, but will not race. Because racing is very risky and, well, you saw the slopes yesterday, sometimes they are hard, like a wall, and falling can be awful. But when we get the chance, we promote the sport and try to attract people that way, encouraging them to join this adventure that is sport.^((es))

WN: As an outsider from, not Spain, I know you are a political figure. Has that gotten in the way of your ability to be a sportswoman? ^((es))

Irene Villa: No... Besides, that part about me being a political figure... I have nothing to do with politics. I don't know why people always... Why? Because of what happened to me. I was a kid. A 12 year old has nothing to do with politics. We know too that ETA has attacked people who had nothing to do with politics as well. My mother was a police director. What may have interfered is the fact that since I was a known figure I've tried that other people.... Let's see, for example I started doing sport so other people would know you could do sport. So it is true that the fact of being known has pushed me to do more things that I would've probably not have done. Because I wanted to show people that you could ski. And I ended up hooked. I only did it for a tv reportage. "Okay okay, a reportage and let's have people know that yes, we can". In fact, my book is titled "Knowing that you can" [Saber que se puede, in Spanish]. Later I got hooked. But the fact of being known motivates you to show other people a path that could be very beneficial to them, and at the end you get addicted to it.^((es))

WN: When all is said and done, what do you kind of want your legacy to be? Do you want to be known as Irene Villa, disability sport advocate figure? Do you want to be known like Jon Santacana, or do you want to be known as somebody who has pushed the boundaries in other areas? ^((es))

Irene Villa: As something more. I'd like my testimony to go beyond sport, which is what I try to do around the world, besides telling people you can do it. It's about the capacity of a person to make herself, to be happy, to overcome resentment, to love herself, and to love others. I think that is the most important thing. And that's the basis. I think sport is something that completes your life, mentally and physically. It's very important. But my message is forgiveness, happiness and hope.^((es))

WN: Thank you very much!^((es))

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Women deliver for Team GB at 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:14:08 GMT

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Monday, February 25, 2013

With three full competitions complete as of this morning at the 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships in La Molina, Spain, Great Britain's women skiers have delivered all three of the nation's medals.

In the women's visually impaired downhill, Kelly Gallagher and guide Charlotte Evans earned a bronze medal on the first day of competition. Gallagher and Evans were the only members of Team GB to compete in the downhill event. Gallagher and Evans earned a silver on the second day of competition in the Super-G event, with Jade Etherington and guide John Clark earning a bronze medal in the same group.

In yesterday's slalom event, no one on Team GB made the podium: Etherington and Clark finished fourth in the women's visually impaired group. Gallagher, women's LW12 classified sit skier Anna Turney, and men's LW12 classified sit skier Michael Brennan each earned a Did Not Finish (DNF) in the same event on their first runs. Men's LW5/7-3 classified standing skier James Whitley and men's LW12-1 classified sit-skier Timothy Farr earned DNFs on their second runs.

In the Super-G event, Turney and Brennan also each earned a DNF.

Farr, Turney, and Gallagher were all members of Team GB at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver. The 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships is scheduled to continue today with the Super Combined event.

Kelly Gallagher and guide Charlotte Evans with their silver medal
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Kelly Gallagher and guide Charlotte Evans at the end of their Super-G race
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Jade Etherington on the ground following the completion of her Super-G run
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Jade Etherington and guide John Clark with their bronze medal
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James Whitley in his first run on the slalom course
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James Whitley of GBR at the end of his first slalom run
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Romanian skier debuts at 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:23:02 GMT

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Monday, February 25, 2013

Laura Valeanu of Romania following her first slalom run
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Yesterday, women's standing LW4 classified skier Laura Valeanu finished eighth in her group in the slalom event, marking the first appearance of a Romanian skier at the 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships in La Molina, Spain. No other Romanian skiers have competed thus far in the competition.

Valeanu was also her country's only participant at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver where she finished fourteenth in the giant slalom and earned a Did Not Finish in the slalom event.

Valeanu completed her first slalom run in La Molina in a time of 1:16.48, the eighth best time on that run. Her second run was a little under two seconds slower at 1:18.42, and the ninth best time in the run. Despite that, her combined run time of 2:34.90 was faster than ninth and last place finisher Úrsula Pueyo who had a combined run time of 2:35.85. Valeanu's combined time was nearly thirty seconds slower than French winner Marie Bouchet.

The women's standing group started with twelve skiers, but three skiers failed to finish their first run including Finland's Katja Saarinen, United States skier Allison Jones and Russian Mariya Papulova.

The 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships continues today with the Super Combined event scheduled.

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France leads medal count after third competition day of 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 02:37:51 GMT

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Monday, February 25, 2013

Marie Bochet following her first slalom run
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Vincent Gauthier-Manuel on the course in his first slalom run
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Yesterday in La Molina, Spain on the third day of competition at the IPC Alpine World Championships, slalom gold medal winning French skiers Marie Bochet and Vincent Gauthier-Manuel assisted in putting France in the medal count lead. This brought the total number medals won by French skiers to eight.

New Zealand, with only two skiers competing, earned its first medal of the competition when Adam Hall won a bronze in yesterday's slalom event. His teammate Corey Peters finished his first run in the slalom but notched a Did Not Finish (DNF) for his second run and did not rank.

Spain moved down the medal table after their medal favorite, Jon Santacana and guide Miguel Galindo Garcés, failed to finish his second run in the slalom. Other Spanish skiers also failed to perform yesterday with wildcard entry women's sit-skier Nathalie Carpanedo and men's sit-skier Óscar Espallargas earning a DNF during their first runs on a day that saw thirty-six skiers earn DNFs on their initial run down the course. Men's visually impaired skier Gabriel Gorce and guide Arnau Ferrer were disqualified in the first run for missing gate 61. Standing LW2 classified skier Úrsula Pueyo finished ninth and last in her group.

Yesterday was originally scheduled to be a day off for skiers, but the slalom event was cancelled Saturday due to poor conditions. Today is scheduled to be the Super Combined event.

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	FRA	4	2	2	8
2	AUT	4	1	2	7
3	GER	2	4	1	7
4	RUS	2	2	2	6
5	SVK	2	1	0	3
6	ESP	2	0	0	2
7	USA	1	1	1	3
7	JPN	1	1	1	3
9	CAN	0	2	4	6
10	SUI	0	2	2	4
11	GBR	0	1	2	3
12	ITA	0	1	0	1
13	NZL	0	0	1	1

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South Korean Jae Rim Yang finishes fifth at IPC Alpine World Championships

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:45:49 GMT

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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Jae Rim Yang of Korea. 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships at La Molina in Spain. Day 3 of competition. Slalom final.
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Yang hugging her guide following their first run
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Earlier today, vision impaired South Korean skier Jae Rim Yang and her guide Soungmii Park finished fifth in the women's vision impaired slalom event with a combined time of 2:24.47 for both runs at IPC Alpine World Championships in La Molina, Spain. The finish was the best by a South Korean skier following three full days of competition.

The other South Korean skier who finished today was Chi Won Lee, who finished ninth in the men's sitting slalom group. Both Yang and Lee finished last in their respective groups on a day that saw thirty-six skiers not finishing their first runs and another eleven disqualified following their first runs, and another fifteen skiers who earned did not finishes following their second runs. This group included South Korean men's sit skier Jong Seork Park who did not finish his first run. The slalom event was held today after being canceled early yesterday after some skiers had already skied down the mountain.

Other South Korean finishes at the IPC Alpine World Championships include an eighteenth place finish by Park in the men's sitting downhill, and a twenty-fourth place finish by Park in the men's sitting Super-G.

The IPC Alpine World Championships are scheduled to continue tomorrow.

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Team USA delivers going into third day of 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:15:05 GMT

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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Going into the third scheduled day of competition at the IPC Alpine World Championships in La Molina, Spain yesterday, the United States para-alpine team has delivered with a gold medal won by Laurie Stephens in the women's sitting downhill, a silver medal won by men's sit skier Stephen Lawler in the downhill, and bronze medal won by Laurie Stephens in the women's sitting Super-G. The United States finished two days of competition fifth overall in the medal count, tied with Russia.

Other Team USA performances in the downhill included a fourth place finish by visually impaired woman skier Danelle Umstead and guide Robert Umstead, a fifth place finish by Christopher Devlin-Young in the men's sitting group, an eighth place finish by Ralph Green in the men's standing group, an eighth place finish by women's standing skier Allison Jones, a ninth place finish by visually impaired Mark Bathum and guide Sean Ramsden, a tenth place finish by Tyler Walker in the men's sitting, and a thirteenth place finish by Heath Calhoun in the men's sitting.

In the Super-G event on Thursday, Jones finished fourth in the women's standing group, Devlin-Young finished fifth, Stephani Victor finished fourth in the women's sitting group, Umstead and Umstead finished fifth in their group, Bathum and Ramsden finished seventh in their group, Walker finished twelfth in his group, Green finished sixteenth in the men's standing, Jonathan Lujan finished nineteenth in the men's standing, Stephen Lawler finished twentieth in the men's sitting, Heath Calhoun finished twenty-third in men's sitting, and Andrew Earl Kurka finished twenty-fifth in the men's sitting group.

A few members of Team USA had difficulties, and were not able to start or finish their races. In the men's sitting downhill, Kurka did not finish. In the downhill and Super-G event, 2010 Winter Paralympics medalist Alana Nichols did not start. LW12-2 women's sit-skier Victor also did not start in the downhill event.

Visually-impaired B3 classified skier Bathum chatted with his guide, Sean Ramsden, immediately following both his races. While he was unhappy with his downhill run, Bathum was happy with and had fun during his seventh place run in the Super-G event where he finished with a factored time of 1:13.51, only 3.02 seconds slower than the winning time set by Spanish skier Jon Santacana.

United States skiers were scheduled to compete yesterday in the Slalom discipline but the competition was cancelled due to high winds. Several members of Team USA had a pizza party after the slalom cancellation. Friday's scheduled event had been rescheduled as a result of predicted snow and high winds during the day. No snow arrived until late in the afternoon, where there was limited accumulation. Some of the younger members of Team USA took advantage of the night off on Thursday to go bowling before a busy training day Friday.

In other United States Paralympic news, Sir Philip Craven, the President of the International Paralympic Committee, told a Wikinews reporter the country will have live television coverage of the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. When a member of Team USA competing in La Molina was asked if they heard confirmation of this, they were unable to confirm. They did highlight the lack of United States media coverage was frustrating for fans wanting to follow the Games in London. According to the skier, many people he knew could only follow the Games by searching for video on sites like YouTube.

Women's Super-G medal ceremony where Stephens, right, earned a bronze medal
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Laurie Stephens in her gold medal downhill run
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Umstead and Umstead following Danelle's Super-G run
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Danelle Umstead coming to a stop following her Super-G run
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Ralph Green following his Super-G run
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Allison Jones in her downhill run
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Allison Jones coming to a stop following her Super-G run
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Mark Bathum and his guide during their downhill run
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Bathum coming to a stop following his downhill ride
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Bathum and his guide discuss the race following their downhill ride
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Stephani Victor on course in her Super-G run
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Stephani Victor in the on course finishing area following her Super-G run
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Close up of Stephani Victor
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Wikinews interviews Spanish para-alpine skier Úrsula Pueyo

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:22:21 GMT

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Saturday, February 23, 2013

Úrsula Pueyo before the start of today's cancelled slalom event
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Earlier today, Wikinews interviewed Spanish para-alpine LW2 clasffied skier Úrsula Pueyo during a delay in the slalom event at the IPC Alpine World Championships at La Molina, Spain. Pueyo is the only woman on the Spanish 2013 World Championship team, and was the only female Spanish standing skier at the 2010 Winter Paralympics. Following the interview, event organizers announced the slalom had been cancelled for the day due to high winds and was rescheduled for tomorrow.

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Wikinews: Hello, we are with Úrsula Pueyo. Today is the slalom race. What are your sensations for the day?^((es))

Úrsula Pueyo: Well, to be honest, my sensations for today are better than ever. I've been feeling really good while skiing, I am looking forward to competing, and I'm liking the slopes. The only thing is, let's see if the weather will allow it.^((es))

WN: Right, because the weather today is giving us a surprise... Let's hope you can compete later.^((es))

Úrsula Pueyo: Yes. Really, the race started, twelve competitors managed to go out and get times, and I had number 19 and I was left at the gate waiting to go. [Laughs]^((es))

WN: How do you see yourself for Sochi [Winter Paralympics Games of 2014], in this last event before it?^((es))

Úrsula Pueyo: Well, today's the slalom, and on Tuesday and Wednesday the giant, so I hope to get other races in before Sochi [Laughs], but yeah, really looking forward to this one. And whatever comes next, will come.^((es))

WN: You're the only woman in the Spanish team. Is that an issue ever for you? Is it different, challenging, being the only woman? Is gender an issue in women's skiing?^((es))

Úrsula Pueyo: Yes, I mean it's not a problem in the Spanish team. Four men and a lone woman.^((es))

WN: Do you think the level of the women's skiing is the same level as the men's?^((es))

Úrsula Pueyo: Yes! The same. Maybe the men have more speed, but the technical level is the same.^((es))

WN: Thank you very much!^((es))

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