Super Combined Event in Korea Shows Again Strong Athletes

23 Feb 2009 By IPC

The 2009 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in High 1 Resort today continued with the Super Combined event.

Successful athletes include:

Women's Visually Impaired Category:

1 - Viviane Forest (CAN) with guide Lindsay Debou

2 - Henrieta Farkasova (SVK) with guide Natalia Subrtova

3 - Natasha De Troyer (BEL) with guide Diego Van de Voorde

Women's Sitting Category:

1 - Stephani Victor (USA)

2 - Claudia Loesch (AUT)

3 - Kuniko Obinata (JPN)

Women's Standing Category:

1 - Melania Corradini (ITA)

2 - Allison Jones (USA)

3 - Andrea Rothfuss (GER)

Men's Visually Impaired Category:

1 - Jon Santacana (ESP) with guide Miguel Galindo

2 - Jakub Krako (SVK) with guide Juraj Medera

3 - Gianmaria Dal Maistro (ITA) with guide Tommaso Balasso

Men's Sitting Category:

1 - Martin Braxenthaler (GER)

2 - Taiki Morii (JPN)

3 - Juergen Egle (AUT)

Men's Standing Category:

1 - Gerd Schoenfelder (GER)

2 - Robert Meusburger (AUT)

3 - Michael Bruegger (SUI)

The World Championships are organized by the Korea Sports Association for the Disabled (KOSAD), the Korea Adaptive Ski Association (KASA) and the High 1 Ski Resort.