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Canada's Lauren Woolstencroft, centre, celebrates her gold medal win in women's standing slalom with silver medalist Andrea Rothfuss of Germany, right, and bronze medalist Karolina Wisniewska of Canada, left, during Monday's medal presentation at Whistler (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
March 15, 2010
Woolstencroft starts with Paralympics slalom gold
Posted by Rob Klovance
For two days, she waited for the fog to clear. When it lifted Monday, Lauren Woolstencroft put together two blazing runs to score her first gold medal of the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games.
Stay tuned for more.
Woolstencroft, a 28-year-old engineer with BC Hydro, is a bona fide para alpine skiing star. And she proved it again Monday by winning Canada's second gold medal of the Games with a dominant performance at Whistler.
Woolstencroft's combined calculated time of one minute, 51.97 seconds was more than six seconds faster than silver medallist and chief rival Andrea Rothfuss of Germany, who finished in 1:58.35. Canada's Karolina Wisniewska took the bronze medal with a time of 1:58.84.
Woolstencroft was sitting first after the first of the two runs Monday, but did not play it safe the second time around, taking nearly four-tenths of a second off her first-run time.
The 28-year-old Calgary native, born missing both legs below the knee and her left arm below the elbow, is on a quest for five para alpine ski medals at these Games. She was supposed to get a first shot at a medal in the downhill on Saturday, but fog postponed that race and the other so-called "speed" events including giant slalom, until later this week.
Rob Klovance is managing editor of bchydro.com.
About the Paralympic Games
Key dates
- Opening ceremony, March 12, 6 p.m., BC Place Stadium
- Alpine ski events, March 13-20, Whistler Creekside
- Biathlon, March 13 and 17, Whistler Paralympic Park
- Cross-country skiing: March 14, 15, 18, 20, 21, Whistler Paralympic Park
- Ice sledge hockey, March 13-20, UBC Thunderbird Arena
- Wheelchair curling, March 13-20, Vancouver Paralympic Centre
- Closing ceremony, March 21, 7 p.m., Whistler Medals Plaza
Tickets
Available for most events on vancouver2010.com
Other links
Power Smart Village remains open
2010 Paralympic Winter Games schedule/results
Cross-country skiing (Vancouver Sun)
Ice sledge hockey (Vancouver Sun)
Wheelchair curling (Vancouver Sun)
2006 Paralympic Winter Games medal standings
