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United States At The 2014 Winter Paralympics
The United States competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, held between 7–16 March 2014. The team consists of 80 athletes (58 on foot and 22 on wheelchairs), including 6 guides for visually impaired athletes, competing in all five sports. Alpine skiing ;Men ;Women Snowboarding ;Men ; Women Biathlon ;Visually impaired ;Sitting ;Standing Cross-country skiing ;Visually impaired ;Sitting ;Standing Ice sledge hockey ;Preliminary round ---- ---- ;Semifinal ;Gold Medal Game Wheelchair curling The United States qualified a mixed wheelchair curling team as one of the nine highest-ranked nations based on results from the last three World Wheelchair Curling Championships. ;Team ;Standings ;Results ;Draw 1 ''Saturday, March 8, 9:30'' ;Draw 2 ''Saturday, March 8, 15:30'' ;Draw 3 ''Sunday, March 9, 9:30'' ;Draw 5 ''Monday, March 10, 9:30'' ;Draw 6 ''Monday, March 10, 15:30'' ;Draw 8 ''Tuesday, March 11, 15:30'' ;Draw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Paralympic Committee
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee and the National Paralympic Committee for the United States. It was founded in 1895 as the United States Olympic Committee, and is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The USOPC is one of only four NOCs in the world that also serve as the National Paralympic Committee for their country. The USOPC is responsible for supporting, entering and overseeing U.S. teams for the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Youth Olympic Games, Pan American Games, and Parapan American Games and serves as the steward of the Olympic and Paralympic Movements in the United States. The Olympic Movement is overseen by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC is supported by 35 international federations that govern each sport on a global level, National Olympic Committees that oversee Olympic sport as a whole in their respective nations, and national federations that administer each sport at the nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
