Alana Nichols won the first gold medal for the United States in the 2010 Vancouver Paralympics. She also has a gold medal from the Summer Paralympics.
Adaptive skiing allows disabled athletes to compete in the Paralympics, whether they are blind, can’t stand, or have a locomotive disability.
Most of the Olympic events concluded today; the men’s 50 km cross country skiing race, men’s ice hockey final, and closing ceremony are all that is left.
Friday was a day for final races. Apolo Ohno won the team bronze in what might be his last Olympic race, while Sarah Schleper raced in the slalom.
Today was a history making day for the US, with no US figure skating winner for the ladies competition since 1964, but the first nordic combined gold ever.
Upsets occur as aerialists fall, skaters are disqualified, and skiers crash.
Lindsey Vonn is one of the best alpine skiers in the world right now. She won her first gold medal in the downhill race, after badly bruising her shin.
Shani Davis, Apolo Ohno, and Lindsey Vonn came home with medals for the US today, but none of them were gold.
Bode Miller took a silver medal, today, while US ice dancers had a fairly good day, just slightly off the podium.
Lindsey Vonn crashes and doesn’t get a second gold (today at least), but Julia Mancuso does get a second silver. Evan Lysacek wins figure skating gold, while Hannah Teter and Kelly Clark win half pipe silver and bronze.
