Sighted Guide Information
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.
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Sports
Paralympic Games
Pilot Pascal Schoots (l) and Jan Mulder (r) wins silver medals in cycling at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in AthensAt the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment.
Rules are according to the International Blind Sports Association (IBSA) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
The sighted guides are such a close and essential part of the competition, that the athlete with a visual impairment and the guide are considered a team, and both athletes are medal candidates.[1]
Winter
At the Winter Paralympics there are three classifications of athletes with a visual impairment:
- B1 (no useful vision)
- B2 (minimal useful vision)
- B3 (some useful vision).[2]
A sighted guide is required for B1 and B2, and optional for B3.
Nordic skiing: The guide can lead, follow, or ski next to the athlete with a visual impairment. The guide assists with voice instruction only. No physical contact allowed.
Alpine skiing: The start must have an adequate space for the guide. [3][4]
- Combined
- Downhill
- Giant slalom
- Slalom
- Super-G
Summer
Athletics: In athletics the sighted guides can win a medal.[5]
Cycling: Pilot Equestrian: Football 5-a-side:
See also
References
- ^ Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands, thestar.com, March 13, 2010
- ^ A look at the Paralympic Games, Universal Sports, March 9, 2010
- ^ IBSA Alpine Skiing rules 2005-2009, International Blind Sports Association (IBSA)
- ^ Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands, Toronto Star, March 13, 2010
- ^ Exclusive: Guides to be awarded Paralympic medals at London 2012, insideworldparasport.biz, February 12, 2011
External links
- Being a Sighted Guide, American Foundation for the Blind
- Sighted Guide Techniques, Braille Institute of America
- Video: Guide Running at United States Olympic Committee
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