Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
| Snowboarding at the XIII Paralympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Genting Snow Park |
| Dates | 6–11 March |
| Competitors | 75[1] from 21[1] nations |
| Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Paralympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Snowboard cross | ||
| SB-LL1 | men | – |
| SB-LL2 | men | women |
| SB-UL | men | – |
| Banked slalom | ||
| SB-LL1 | men | – |
| SB-LL2 | men | women |
| SB-UL | men | – |
Snowboarding was one of the competitions at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China.[2][3] In total, eight medal events were held.[2]
Classification
[edit]Para-snowboarding is divided into three classification categories.[4]
- SB-LL1
- Athletes competing in the class SB-LL1 have significant impairment to one leg, such as amputation above the knee, or "a significant combined impairment in two legs", affecting their balance, their board-control and their ability to navigate uneven terrain.[4] Athletes with annotations will use prostheses during racing.[4] events for female athletes in the category SB-LL1 at the 2022 Winter Paralympics is a demonstration classification.[5][6]
- SB-LL2
- Athletes competing in the class SB-LL2 have impairment to one or both legs "with less activity limitation", such as below-knee amputation.[4]
- SB-UL
- Athletes competing in the class SB-UL have upper limb impairments, affecting balance.[4] Events for female athletes in the category SB-UL at the 2022 Winter Paralympics is a demonstration classification.
SB-LL1 was removed from the programme for female athletes in June 2019 as an insufficient number of athletes competed in this class at the 2019 World Para Snowboard Championships.[7][8] In January 2022, American snowboarder Brenna Huckaby, classified as SB-LL1 snowboarder, won a court decision to allow her to compete at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.[9][10] French snowboarder Cécile Hernandez learned days before her competition that she was also allowed to compete.[11][12] They competed in SB-LL2 classified events.[13]
Medal summary
[edit]Medal table
[edit]The ranking in the table is based on information provided by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and will be consistent with IPC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table will be ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a "nation" is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IPC country code.
* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China (CHN)* | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 |  France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  United States (USA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 |  Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
Women's events
[edit]| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banked slalom |
SB-LL2 | Brenna Huckaby United States |
1:17.28 | Geng Yanhong China |
1:17.38 | Li Tiantian China |
1:17.46 |
| Snowboard cross |
SB-LL2 | Cécile Hernandez France
|
Lisa DeJong Canada
|
Brenna Huckaby United States
| |||
Men's events
[edit]| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banked slalom |
SB-LL1 | Wu Zhongwei China |
1:10.85 | Chris Vos Netherlands |
1:12.06 | Tyler Turner Canada |
1:12.84 |
| SB-LL2 | Sun Qi China |
1:09.73 | Matti Suur-Hamari Finland |
1:09.98 | Ollie Hill Great Britain |
1:10.45 | |
| SB-UL | Maxime Montaggioni France |
1:09.41 | Ji Lijia China |
1:09.86 | Zhu Yonggang China |
1:10.14 | |
| Snowboard cross |
SB-LL1 | Tyler Turner Canada
|
Mike Schultz United States
|
Wu Zhongwei China
| |||
| SB-LL2 | Matti Suur-Hamari Finland
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Garrett Geros United States
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Ben Tudhope Australia
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| SB-UL | Ji Lijia China
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Wang Pengyao China
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Zhu Yonggang China
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Record number of female Para athletes set for Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games". Paralympic.org. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Qualification Criteria". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "Beijing 2022 Venues". Olympics.com. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Snowboard classification". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ Burke, Patrick (5 December 2021). "Para snowboarders call on IPC to allow women's LL1 athletes to compete at Beijing 2022". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ "IPC Governing Board meet in Rome". International Paralympic Committee. 27 June 2019. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (21 January 2022). "IPC "surprised" as Huckaby wins court appeal to compete at Beijing 2022 Paralympics". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "IPC surprised and disappointed by court's Para snowboard decision". Paralympic.org. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Winter Paralympics: Para-snowboarders 'too disabled' for Games win battle to compete". BBC Sport. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ Burke, Patrick (6 March 2022). "Hernandez and Huckaby lead women's SB-LL2 snowboard cross qualifying at Beijing 2022". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Legal fight won, Hernandez and Huckaby enjoy success on the snow". Reuters. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "They Weren't Wanted at the Paralympics. They're Excelling Anyway". The New York Times. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ Burke, Patrick (7 March 2022). "Hernandez takes snowboard cross gold at Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
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