Photos: Para-alpine skiing

 

A look at some athletes of Alpine Ski

 
 
 
 
Sandy Dukat of the USA in action during the Standing Women's Downhill Skiing Competiton on day one of the 2006 Turin Winter Paralympic Games on March 11, 2006 in Sestriere Borgata, Italy.
 

Sandy Dukat of the USA in action during the Standing Women's Downhill Skiing Competiton on day one of the 2006 Turin Winter Paralympic Games on March 11, 2006 in Sestriere Borgata, Italy.

Photograph by: Bryn Lennon , Getty Images

 
Sandy Dukat of the USA in action during the Standing Women's Downhill Skiing Competiton on day one of the 2006 Turin Winter Paralympic Games on March 11, 2006 in Sestriere Borgata, Italy.
Italian Silvia Parente (L) decends the slope during the women's downhill-visually-impaired competition at the Turin winter paralympics, in Sestriere.
Emanuele Pagnini of Italy competes in the Men's Downhill - Sitting during Day Two of the Turin 2006 Winter Paralympic Games on March 12, 2006 in Sestriere Borgata, Italy. (Photo by
Czech Republic's Michal Nevrkla skies downhill during men's super-G-standing competition at the Turin winter paralympics in Sestriere.
Norbert Holik (L) of Slovakia is congratulated by his guide Martin Pavlak after finishing the Men's Giant Slalom - Visually Impaired during Day Seven of the Turin 2006 Winter Paralympic Games on March 17, 2006 in Sestriere Borgata, Italy.
Gerd Gradwohl of Germany is led by his guide Karl Heinz Vachenauer while competing in Men's Giant Slalom - Visually Impairede at the 2006 Winter Paralympic Games.
Christian Junghanns of Germany competes in the Men's Slalom - Sitting.
Stacy William Kohut of Canada jumps in the men's downhill LW11 class (diasbilities in both lower limbs) at the Nagano Paralympic games.
Martin Braxenthaler of Germany rounds a gate in the LW10 men's super-G race at the 2002 Salt Lake Paralympics. Braxenthaler finished first.
Memebers of the Truppe Alpine clear the course before the start of the Men's Downhill - Visually Impaired at the 2006 Winter Paralympic Games.