2015 World Intellectual Impairment Sport World Alpine and Nordic Skiing Championships open in Sweden
The 2015 World Intellectual Impairment Sport World Alpine and Nordic Skiing Championships – an event for athletes with an intellectual disability – begin today in Lovsjo, Sweden, with 10 nations competing over 5 days of competition.
After an opening ceremony, the event begins with the Men’s and Women’s Race Slalom for the Alpine skiers, whilst Nordic skiers will face the grueling 5km (women)/10km (men’s) cross country event.
Races will be streamed live over the internet and results can be found on the World Intellectual Impairment Sport website at the event website (link below).
Nordic Skiing has been identified by the International Paralympic Committee as the first winter sport to be offered to athletes with an intellectual disability within the Winter Paralympic Games programme and World Intellectual Impairment Sport is working with the IPC to achieve this at the earliest opportunity.
