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Forest & Lauzon -Gauthier Win Silver in Giant Slalom at IPC World Championships
Women's Giant Slalom Visually Impaired Final
Viviane and Chloe finish the IPC World Championships with a Silver medal. Ti was a close second run. Can anyone even count 0.24 of a second? Nice job ladies!
| Rank | Bib | Name | Sport Class | IT 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Result | Diff | Race Points | |||||
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| 1 | 2 |  FRANTSEVA Alexandra  G ZABOTIN Pavel |
B2 | 34.35 (1) | 1:14.16 (1) | 1:13.41 (1) |
2:27.57
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36.62 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 |  FOREST Viviane G LAUZON-GAUTHIER Chloe |
B2 | 34.44 (2) | 1:14.40 (3) | 1:13.41 (1) |
2:27.81
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+0.24 | 38.09 | |||||
| 3 | 1 |  GALLAGHER Kelly G EVANS Charlotte |
B3 | 34.98 (3) | 1:14.28 (2) | 1:14.79 (3) |
2:29.07
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+1.50 | 45.83 | |||||
| 4 | 5 |  KOZICKOVA Petra G HAJEK Tomas |
B3 | 37.18 (4) | 1:21.50 (5) | 1:20.46 (4) |
2:41.96
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+14.39 | 125.02 | |||||
| 5 | 4 |  UMSTEAD Danelle G UMSTEAD Robert |
B2 | 37.79 (5) | 1:21.07 (4) | 1:21.30 (5) |
2:42.37
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+14.80 | 127.54 | |||||
| Run 1 (2) | ||||||||||||||
| Did not finish (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | ETHERINGTON Jade |
B2 | ||||||||||||
| 6 |  YANG Jae Rim |
B2 | ||||||||||||
Bronze in Slalom at IPC World Championships in La Molina
ALPINE CANADA press release, Feb 24, 2013 (article excerpt):
Canada's Forest, from Edmonton, Alta., along with guide Chloé Lauzon-Gauthier, of Joliette, Que., joined Joines on the podium with a slalom bronze in what was her first world championship race in four years. Forest could not race at the 2011 world championships due to injury, so standing on the podium again on the world stage was a sweet feeling.
“I'm really happy about it, and at the same time I'm a little surprised,” Forest said. “I'm not sure what I was expecting here, but I wanted to do my best, and for sure we did that. We worked very hard and I'm proud of our result.”
Forest clipped a gate with her radio headset during the first run, making it impossible to communicate with Lauzon-Gauthier for part of the course, but she persevered and still managed to finish third and hold that position until the end (2:13.60).
“It was a very challenging course,” she said. “The condition of the snow was quite difficult, so the first run this morning, Chloé and I did have some problems keeping the right distance between each other. The second run we tried to stay closer together and charged even more.”
Forest and Lauzon-Gauthier raced in slalom on Saturday before the event was cancelled due to weather. They posted their fastest slalom time in Saturday's run, and were sitting second when strong winds forced organizers to call of the race and postpone it until Sunday.
“We were a bit disappointed because it went so good and we were so ready, but that's ski racing for you,” Forest said.
Forest will compete in giant slalom on Tuesday. Read the entire Triple Bronze ACA article here.
Women's Slalom Visually Impaired Results Feb 24, 2013 After 2 Slalom Races (IPC Wwebsite www.paralympic.org
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Rank |
Name |
Medals |
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1
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SVK FARKASOVA Henrieta |
Gold |
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2
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RUS FRANTSEVA Alexandra |
Silver |
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3
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CAN FOREST Viviane |
Bronze |
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4
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GBR ETHERINGTON Jade |
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5
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KOR YANG Jae Rim |
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DNF
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USA UMSTEAD Danelle |
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DNF
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GBR GALLAGHER Kelly |
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DSQ
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SVK KOZICKOVA Petra |
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Viviane Forest Races at 2013 IPC World Championships
Viviane and Chloe are primed to perform on the world alpine ski scene. They are at the IPC World Championships in La Molina, Spain this February. Here is a link to the Live La Molina World Championship Results & Videos. The schedule is below. Viviane currently has the world ranking #1 in the Slalom and #2 in the Giant Slalom.Go Champ Go!
EVENT SCHEDULE
DATE EVENT
18 February Training DH
19 February Training DH, Opening Ceremony
20 February Competition DH -1st run Medal ceremony
21 February Competition SG - 1st run Medal ceremony
22 February Training Day
24 February Competition SL - 1st run SL - 2nd run Medal ceremony
25 February Competition Combined - 1st run SL - 2nd run Medal ceremony
26 February Competition GS - 1st run GS - 2nd run Medal ceremony
27 February Competition 1st Team Event 1st run Medal ceremony
Viviane Forest and Lindsay Debou Bring It Home
An AWSOME performance by this dynamic duo! Viviane Forest a visually impaired athlete and sighted guide Lindsay Debou could not be stopped!
Viviane Forest's Sport Career History
Viviane is the first Canadian female to win Gold medals in both Summer and Winter Games (Olympic or Paralympic). Viviane Forest has been an athlete all her life, competing as young as 4 years old in hockey and ringette for the city of Brossard in Quebec. She is a natural athlete that takes on any challenge in front of her. She has 4% of normal vision. Currently she competes for Canada in alpine skiing reaching speeds up to 120km/hr with a ski guide only meters ahead of her.Paralympic Games
- Winter Paralympic Games Multiple Medalist including Gold, 3 Silver & Bronze (Vancouver 2010) in Alpine Ski Racing
- 2 - Summer Paralympic Games Gold Medals (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004) in the team sport of Goalball
World Cup Circuit & Crystal Globes
- 2010 World Cup Crystal Globe Slalom, 2nd Overall Title, 2nd Giant Slalom
- 2009 - 20 podium finishes in the international Alpine Race Season
- 2009 Overall World Cup Crystal Globe - for consistent performance results all year
- 2009 3 World Cup Crystal Globes: Downhill, Super Combined, Giant Slalom
Other Awards of Distinction
- 2010 Canadian Paralympic Commitee Debut Athlete of the Year
- 2010 Alpine Canada TELUS Award of Excellence Breakthrough Athlete of the Year
- 2004 Medal of Honour, Quebec National Assembly
 Viviane Forest Sport CV EN 2010.pdf | [Viviane Forest Sport Career Highlights to 2010] | 154 Kb |