The 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships was an international disability sport competition held in Lillehammer, Norway from 8 to 23 January 2022.[2] It was the inaugural edition of the World Para Snow Sports Championships with para-alpine skiing, para cross-country skiing, para biathlon and para snowboard being held.[3][4] It was scheduled for 7 to 20 February 2021 but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.[2][5] The rescheduled event retained 2021 in its name.[6][7]
| Host city | Lillehammer |
|---|---|
| Country | Norway |
| Edition | 1 |
| Nations | 42[1] |
| Athletes | 852[1] |
| Sport | 4 |
| Opening | 12 January 2022 |
| Closing | 23 January 2022 |
| Dates | 8 to 23 January 2022 |
The biathlon and cross-country skiing events were held at the Birkebeineren Ski Stadium and the alpine skiing and snowboard events were held at Hafjell.[8]
Sports edit
The following competitions were held:[9][10]
- Alpine skiing (32 medal events, of which 18 speed events: Downhill, Super-G, Super combined and 14 technical events: Slalom, giant slalom, Parallel Event)
- Biathlon (18 medal events)
- Cross-country skiing (20 medal events)
- Snowboard (14 medal events)
In total, 84 medal events were contested.
Medal summary edit
Alpine skiing edit
Men's events:
| Event | Class | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Downhill | Visually impaired |  Hyacinthe Deleplace (FRA)Guide: Valentin Giraud Moine |
1:09.88 |  Miroslav Haraus (SVK)Guide: Maros Hudik |
1:12.73 | Jakub Krako (SVK) Guide: Branislav Brozman |
1:13.11 |
| Sitting |  Jesper Pedersen (NOR)
|
1:12.85 |  Jeroen Kampschreur (NED)
|
1:14.51 |  Andrew Kurka (USA)
|
1:15.80 | |
| Standing |  Markus Salcher (AUT)
|
1:12.00 | Arthur Bauchet (FRA)
|
1:12.38 | Alexey Bugaev (RPC) | 1:13.94 | |
| Super-G | Visually impaired | Hyacinthe Deleplace (FRA) Guide: Valentin Giraud Moine |
1:05.79 | Johannes Aigner (AUT) Guide: Matteo Fleischmann |
1:06.05 | Miroslav Haraus (SVK) Guide: Maros Hudik |
1:08.86 |
| Sitting | Jeroen Kampschreur (NED)
|
1:04.38 | Jesper Pedersen (NOR)
|
1:07.60 |  Rene de Silvestro (ITA)
|
1:08.52 | |
| Standing | Markus Salcher (AUT)
|
1:06.37 | Alexey Bugaev (RPC) | 1:07.76 |  Théo Gmür (SUI)
|
1:07.87 | |
| Giant slalom | Visually impaired | Giacomo Bertagnolli (ITA) Guide: Andrea Ravelli |
2:14.17 | Johannes Aigner (AUT) Guide: Matteo Fleischmann |
2:15.46 | Hyacinthe Deleplace (FRA) Guide: Maxime Jourdan |
2:17.92 |
| Sitting | Jesper Pedersen (NOR)
|
2:14.42 |  Igor Sikorski (POL)
|
2:20.93 | Andrew Kurka (USA)
|
2:21.25 | |
| Standing | Alexey Bugaev (RPC) | 2:15.04 | Arthur Bauchet (FRA)
|
2:15.18 | Théo Gmür (SUI)
|
2:17.85 | |
| Slalom | Visually impaired | Johannes Aigner (AUT) Guide: Matteo Fleischmann |
1:28.18 | Giacomo Bertagnolli (ITA) Guide: Andrea Ravelli |
1:28.29 | Jakub Krako (SVK) Guide: Branislav Brozman |
1:29.22 |
| Sitting | Jesper Pedersen (NOR)
|
1:27.61 | Victor Pierrel (FRA)
|
1:30.28 | Niels de Langen (NED)
|
1:31.37 | |
| Standing | Arthur Bauchet (FRA)
|
1:25.47 |  Adam Hall (NZL)
|
1:30.20 | Alexander Alyabyev (RPC) | 1:31.77 | |
| Super combined | Visually impaired | Hyacinthe Deleplace (FRA) Guide: Maxime Jourdan |
1:51.92 |  Neil Simpson (GBR)Guide: Andrew Simpson |
1:52.82 | Miroslav Haraus (SVK) Guide: Maros Hudik |
1:53.25 |
| Sitting | Rene de Silvestro (ITA)
|
1:53.65 | Jesper Pedersen (NOR)
|
1:53.83 | Niels de Langen (NED)
|
1:56.18 | |
| Standing | Arthur Bauchet (FRA)
|
1:49.22 | Alexey Bugaev (RPC) | 1:50.06 | Federico Pelizzari (ITA)
|
1:54.17 | |
| Parallel event | All classes | Johannes Aigner (AUT) Guide: Matteo Fleischmann |
Giacomo Bertagnolli (ITA) Guide: Andrea Ravelli |
Alexey Bugaev (RPC) | |||
Women's events:
| Event | Class | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Downhill | Visually impaired | Henrieta Farkašová (SVK) Guide: Michal Cerven |
1:17.78 |  Linda Le Bon (BEL)Guide: Pierre Couquelet |
1:24.99 |  Sara Choi (KOR)Guide: Kim Yooseong |
1:27.22 |
| Sitting |  Anna-Lena Forster (GER)
|
1:23.33 | Barbara van Bergen (NED)
|
1:24.78 |  Katie Combaluzier (CAN)
|
1:38.95 | |
| Standing | Marie Bochet (FRA)
|
1:16.95 | Varvara Voronchikhina (RPC) | 1:17.38 | Mollie Jepsen (CAN)
|
1:18.67 | |
| Super-G | Visually impaired | Henrieta Farkašová (SVK) Guide: Michal Cerven |
1:11.80 | Linda Le Bon (BEL) Guide: Pierre Couquelet |
1:23.99 | Millie Knight (GBR) Guide: Brett Wild |
1:24.02 |
| Sitting | Anna-Lena Forster (GER)
|
1:19.91 | Shona Brownlee (GBR)
|
1:37.45 | Not awarded | ||
| Standing | Varvara Voronchikhina (RPC) | 1:11.23 | Mollie Jepsen (CAN)
|
1:11.68 | Marie Bochet (FRA)
|
1:11.80 | |
| Giant slalom | Visually impaired | Barbara Aigner (AUT) Guide: Klara Sykora |
2:32.26 | Henrieta Farkašová (SVK) Guide: Eva Trajcikova |
2:32.69 | Elina Stary (AUT) Guide: Celine Arthofer |
2:38.58 |
| Sitting | Laurie Stephens (USA)
|
3:10.09 | Katie Combaluzier (CAN)
|
3:10.97 | Shona Brownlee (GBR)
|
3:29.48 | |
| Standing | Marie Bochet (FRA)
|
2:30.65 | Varvara Voronchikhina (RPC) | 2:31.25 | Mollie Jepsen (CAN)
|
2:31.44 | |
| Slalom | Visually impaired | Menna Fitzpatrick (GBR) Guide: Katie Guest |
1:29.87 | Elina Stary (AUT) Guide: Celine Arthofer |
1:30.40 | Martina Vozza (ITA) Guide: Ylenia Sabidussi |
1:33.85 |
| Sitting | Anna-Lena Forster (GER)
|
1:41.38 |  Nette Kiviranta (FIN)
|
1:55.79 | Laurie Stephens (USA)
|
2:12.32 | |
| Standing |  Ebba Årsjö (SWE)
|
1:27.30 | Varvara Voronchikhina (RPC) | 1:31.74 | Michaela Gosselin (CAN)
|
1:40.49 | |
| Super combined | Visually impaired | Millie Knight (GBR) Guide: Brett Wild |
2:12.10 | Menna Fitzpatrick (GBR) Guide: Katie Guest |
2:12.62 | Sara Choi (KOR) Guide: Kim Yooseong |
2:18.02 |
| Sitting | Anna-Lena Forster (GER)
|
2:11.16 | Katie Combaluzier (CAN)
|
2:47.84 | Not awarded | ||
| Standing | Varvara Voronchikhina (RPC) | 1:58.72 | Marie Bochet (FRA)
|
1:59.68 | Anna-Maria Rieder (GER)
|
2:08.47 | |
| Parallel event | All classes | Ebba Årsjö (SWE)
|
Varvara Voronchikhina (RPC) | Elina Stary (AUT) Guide: Celine Arthofer | |||
Biathlon edit
Men's events:
| Event | Class | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 6 km | Visually impaired |  Yury Holub (BLR)Guide: Uladzimir Chapelin |
15:03.5 | Stanislav Chokhlaev (RPC) Guide: Oleg Kolodiichuk |
15:45.3 |  Oleksandr Kazik (UKR)Guide: Serhii Kucheriavyi |
15:57.7 |
| Sitting | Ivan Golubkov (RPC) | 18:38.8 | Vasyl Kravchuk (UKR)
|
19:00.0 | Taras Rad (UKR)
|
19:02.9 | |
| Standing | Vladislav Lekomtsev (RPC) | 14:49.0 | Aleksandr Pronkov (RPC) | 15:23.6 | Grygorii Vovchynskyi (UKR)
|
15:26.9 | |
| 10 km | Visually impaired | Yury Holub (BLR) Guide: Uladzimir Chapelin |
26:41.5 | Stanislav Chokhlaev (RPC) Guide: Oleg Kolodiichuk |
27:55.6 | Oleg Ponomarev (RPC) Guide: Andrei Romanov |
29:11.8 |
| Sitting | Ivan Golubkov (RPC) | 32:16.2 | Taras Rad (UKR)
|
32:59.3 | Danila Britik (RPC) | 32:59.8 | |
| Standing | Vladislav Lekomtsev (RPC) | 25:35.2 | Aleksandr Pronkov (RPC) | 27:02.1 | Benjamin Daviet (FRA)
|
27:15.4 | |
| 12.5 km | Visually impaired | Stanislav Chokhlaev (RPC) Guide: Oleg Kolodiichuk |
35:46.0 | Anatolii Kovalevskyi (UKR) Guide: Oleksandr Mukshyn |
37:14.5 | Oleksandr Kazik (UKR) Guide: Serhii Kucheriavyi |
37:50.6 |
| Sitting | Pavlo Bal (UKR)
|
46:53.0 | Aaron Pike (USA)
|
47:16.0 | Danila Britik (RPC) | 47:18.2 | |
| Standing | Vladislav Lekomtsev (RPC) | 34:36.4 | Vitalii Malyshev (RPC) | 36:02.1 | Benjamin Daviet (FRA)
|
36:22.9 |
Women's events:
| Event | Class | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 6 km | Visually impaired | Vera Khlyzova (RPC) Guide: Natalia Iakimova |
16:56.6 | Ekaterina Razumnaia (RPC) Guide: Alexey Ivanov |
17:51.2 | Anna Panferova (RPC) Guide: Andrei Zhukov |
18:19.6 |
| Sitting | Anja Wicker (GER)
|
21:51.2 | Oksana Masters (USA)
|
21:52.8 | Natalia Kocherova (RPC) | 22:53.7 | |
| Standing | Oleksandra Kononova (UKR)
|
17:35.6 | Liudmyla Liashenko (UKR)
|
17:58.9 | Iuliia Batenkova (UKR)
|
18:16.5 | |
| 10 km | Visually impaired | Vera Khlyzova (RPC) Guide: Natalia Iakimova |
30:16.7 | Ekaterina Razumnaia (RPC) Guide: Alexey Ivanov |
32:31.6 | Margarita Tereshchenkova (RPC) Guide: Anton Podzorov |
33:03.8 |
| Sitting | Kendall Gretsch (USA)
|
36:44.7 | Natalia Kocherova (RPC) | 39:09.6 | Oksana Masters (USA)
|
39:46.3 | |
| Standing | Liudmyla Liashenko (UKR)
|
31:23.8 | Iryna Bui (UKR)
|
31:54.8 | Oleksandra Kononova (UKR)
|
32:41.7 | |
| 12.5 km | Visually impaired | Vera Khlyzova (RPC) Guide: Natalia Iakimova |
40:13.7 | Ekaterina Razumnaia (RPC) Guide: Alexey Ivanov |
41:20.8 | Margarita Tereshchenkova (RPC) Guide: Anton Podzorov |
43:30.8 |
| Sitting | Kendall Gretsch (USA)
|
52:25.0 | Natalia Kocherova (RPC) | 54:16.8 | Oksana Masters (USA)
|
55:25.7 | |
| Standing | Iryna Bui (UKR)
|
41:08.7 | Oleksandra Kononova (UKR)
|
46:26.8 | Liudmyla Liashenko (UKR)
|
46:57.8 |
Cross-country skiing edit
Men's events:
| Event | Class | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1 km | Visually impaired | Oleg Ponomarev (RPC) Guide: Andrei Romanov |
3:00.77 | Jake Adicoff (USA) Guide: Sam Wood |
3:03.76 | Vladimir Udaltsov (RPC) Guide: Ruslan Bogachev |
3:08.40 |
| Sitting | Ivan Golubkov (RPC) | 2:27.28 |  Cristian Ribera (BRA)
|
2:24.94 | Danila Britik (RPC) | 2:32.70 | |
| Standing | Vladislav Lekomtsev (RPC) | 2:59.60 | Rushan Minnegulov (RPC) | 3:01.93 | Aleksandr Pronkov (RPC) | 3:13.14 | |
| 12.5 km | Visually impaired | Jake Adicoff (USA) Guide: Sam Wood |
33:54.0 | Stanislav Chokhlaev (RPC) Guide: Oleg Kolodiichuk |
34:10.8 | Yury Holub (BLR) Guide: Mikita Maslouski |
34:25.5 |
| Standing | Vladislav Lekomtsev (RPC) | 32:29.1 | Witold Skupień (POL)
|
32:59.9 | Aleksandr Pronkov (RPC) | 33:01.7 | |
| 10 km | Sitting | Ivan Golubkov (RPC) | 31:22.7 | Giuseppe Romele (ITA)
|
31:52.2 | Danila Britik (RPC) | 33:25.6 |
| 20 km | Visually impaired | Oleg Ponomarev (RPC) Guide: Andrei Romanov |
41:15.7 | Stanislav Chokhlaev (RPC) Guide: Oleg Kolodiichuk |
41:21.0 | Jake Adicoff (USA) Guide: Sam Wood |
41:41.5 |
| Standing | Vladislav Lekomtsev (RPC) | 41:41.4 | Rushan Minnegulov (RPC) | 42:21.0 | Vitalii Malyshev (RPC) | 42:24.6 | |
| 18 km | Sitting | Ivan Golubkov (RPC) | 51:14.5 | Sin Eui-hyun (KOR)
|
51:42.8 | Danila Britik (RPC) | 52:17.4 |
Women's events:
| Event | Class | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1 km | Visually impaired | Anna Panferova (RPC) Guide: Andrei Zhukov |
2:43.27 | Sviatlana Sakhanenka (BLR) Guide: Dzmitry Budzilovich |
2:44.38 | Anastasiia Bagiian (RPC) Guide: Sergei Siniakin |
2:48.34 |
| Sitting | Oksana Masters (USA)
|
2:47.63 | Valiantsina Shyts (BLR)
|
2:47.07 | Natalia Kocherova (RPC) | 3:01.41 | |
| Standing | Vilde Nilsen (NOR)
|
2:46.45 | Sydney Peterson (USA)
|
2:58.10 | Liudmyla Liashenko (UKR)
|
2:53.25 | |
| 10 km | Visually impaired | Sviatlana Sakhanenka (BLR) Guide: Dzmitry Budzilovich |
32:16.4 | Anna Panferova (RPC) Guide: Andrei Zhukov |
33:28.1 | Vera Khlyzova (RPC) Guide: Natalia Iakimova |
33:43.9 |
| Standing | Vilde Nilsen (NOR)
|
31:02.4 | Sydney Peterson (USA)
|
32:27.2 | Liudmyla Liashenko (UKR)
|
32:37.1 | |
| 7.5 km | Sitting | Kendall Gretsch (USA)
|
26:57.6 | Valiantsina Shyts (BLR)
|
27:47.0 | Anja Wicker (GER)
|
28:37.4 |
| 15 km | Visually impaired | Sviatlana Sakhanenka (BLR) Guide: Dzmitry Budzilovich |
34:40.0 | Vera Khlyzova (RPC) Guide: Natalia Iakimova |
35:13.7 | Anna Panferova (RPC) Guide: Andrei Zhukov |
35:25.1 |
| Sitting | Oksana Masters (USA)
|
46:45.2 | Kendall Gretsch (USA)
|
47:54.9 | Valiantsina Shyts (BLR)
|
48:23.5 | |
| Standing | Liudmyla Liashenko (UKR)
|
36:18.6 | Vilde Nilsen (NOR)
|
36:21.3 | Sydney Peterson (USA)
|
36:30.5 |
Team events:
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2.5 km mixed relay | All classes | Ukraine
|
RPC | Belarus
|
| 2.5 km open relay | All classes | RPC | France
|
Norway
|
Snowboard edit
Men's events:
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Snowboard cross | SB-UL | Maxime Montaggioni (FRA)
|
James Barnes-Miller (GBR)
|
Mikhail Slinkin (RPC) |
| SB-LL1 | Tyler Turner (CAN)
|
Mike Schultz (USA)
|
Tyler Burdick (USA)
| |
| SB-LL2 | Matti Suur-Hamari (FIN)
|
 Ben Tudhope (AUS)
|
Evan Strong (USA)
| |
| Dual Banked Slalom | SB-UL | Maxime Montaggioni (FRA)
|
Jacopo Luchini (ITA)
|
James Barnes-Miller (GBR)
|
| SB-LL1 | Noah Elliott (USA)
|
Mike Schultz (USA)
|
Tyler Turner (CAN)
| |
| SB-LL2 | Zach Miller (USA)
|
Alex Massie (CAN)
|
Ben Tudhope (AUS)
| |
| Team event | All classes | Canada Alex Massie Tyler Turner |
 JapanTakahito Ichikawa Masataka Oiwane |
Great Britain Ollie Hill James Barnes-Miller |
Women's events:
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Snowboard cross | SB-UL | Monika Kotzian (POL)
|
Not awarded | Not awarded |
| SB-LL1 | Cécile Hernandez (FRA)
|
Brenna Huckaby (USA)
|
Ellen Walther (SUI)
| |
| SB-LL2 | Lisa Bunschoten (NED)
|
Lisa DeJong (CAN)
|
Renske van Beek (NED)
| |
| Dual Banked Slalom | SB-UL | Monika Kotzian (POL)
|
 Irati Idiakez (ESP)
|
Not awarded |
| SB-LL1 | Brenna Huckaby (USA)
|
Cécile Hernandez (FRA)
|
Ellen Walther (SUI)
| |
| SB-LL2 | Lisa Bunschoten (NED)
|
Lisa DeJong (CAN)
|
Sandrine Hamel (CAN)
| |
| Team event | All classes | Canada Lisa DeJong Sandrine Hamel |
Netherlands Lisa Bunschoten Renske van Beek |
 SwitzerlandRomy Tschopp Ellen Walther |
Medal table edit
* Host nation (Host nation (Norway))
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  RPC (RPC) | 22 | 23 | 22 | 67 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) | 10 | 9 | 9 | 28 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 10 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
| 4 | Ukraine (UKR) | 6 | 6 | 9 | 21 |
| 5 | Austria (AUT) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Norway (NOR)* | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Belarus (BLR) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Canada (CAN) | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 10 | Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 11 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 12 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 13 | Slovakia (SVK) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 14 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Totals (24 entries) | 84 | 83 | 80 | 247 | |
References edit
- ^ a b "Five things to know about Lillehammer 2021". Paralympic.org. 9 January 2022. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ a b "New dates for World Para Snow Sports Championships announced". Paralympic.org. 8 April 2021. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ Kerr, Stephen (24 November 2021). "Historic Combined Para Snow Sports World Championships Sets The Stage For Winter Paralympics". Team USA. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ Palmer, Dan (26 November 2020). "Inaugural World Para Snow Sports Championships postponed to 2022". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ Houston, Michael (9 April 2021). "World Para Snow Sports Championships rescheduled for January 2022". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "World Para Snow Sports Championships: Lillehammer 2021 postponed to 2022". BBC Sport. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "World Para Snow Sports Championships postponed to 2022". Paralympic.org. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ "Team Leader Manual (22 June 2021)" (PDF). Paralympic.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ "Lillehammer 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships Qualification Guide" (PDF). Paralympic.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "Lillehammer 2021: Top 10 athletes to watch". Paralympic.org. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.