Previous 2014 Sochi Winter Paralympics Coverage

The US got the Paralympics off to a good start by grabbing three medals (two bronze and a silver) in the women’s downhill on the first day. There were a few other top ten finishes including two athletes who missed out on bronze by a matter of seconds. The other highlight of the first day was a strong 5-1 win for the ice sledge hockey team.

Wheelchair Curling

 

The US wheelchair curling team got underway on Saturday with two matches to open the Sochi Olympics. The US fell behind 3-0 in each match while starting with the hammer and were able to come back to get within a goal against Slovakia but fell 6-4 while they could never get closer than down two to Korea falling 9-5. There are still plenty of games for the US in Sochi but it wasn’t the start they wanted.

Alpine Skiing – Women’s Downhill

Four US women competed in the downhill on Saturday with three of them grabbing medals. Alana Nichols grabbed silver, missing gold by 0.14 seconds, with Laurie Stephens in the sitting race. Allison Jones grabbed the bronze in the standing race while Danelle Umstead was fifth in the visually impaired race.

Biathlon – Women’s 6km

Oksana Masters was the only woman in the 6km biathlon for the US. She competed in the sitting race and, despite missing no targets, finished fourth, missing out on bronze by just over three seconds.

Biathlon – Men’s 7.5km

The men’s 7.5km biathlon was full of Americans with nine taking part. Only one finished in the top ten in any of the three events: Andrew Soule who missed no targets and finished fourth in the sitting race. Soule missed out on the bronze by about three seconds. In the standing race Omar Bermejo was the top American in 18th and Jacob Adicoff was the top Amercan in the visually impaired race in 14th.

Alpine Skiing – Men’s Downhill

Mark Bathum came the closest to medaling for the US on Saturday in the men’s downhill with a fifth place finish in the visually impaired, 0.8 seconds behind the bronze. In the sitting event Christopher Devlin-Young was the only one of the three Americans to start that was able to finish as he placed 10th.

Ice Sledge Hockey

The ice sledge hockey team got off to a good start with a 5-1 win over Italy. That left the US in first place in Group B as Korea beat Russia in overtime in the other game. Brody Roybal had two goals to lead the way for the US. The US next takes on Korea in a matchup that could decide the winner of the group.

Upcoming:

Both the wheelchair curling and the ice sledge hockey teams will be playing on Sunday and 17 other individuals will be competing in five events between the Super-G and cross-country skiing.

Broadcast Information:

TeamUSA.org will have live streaming of likely all of the events Sunday while NBCSN will cover the cross-country skiing live from 1-5:30 AM ET Saturday and show a daily coverage show from 11 PM-1 AM ET Sunday night.

Schedule:

• March 9th
  • 12:30 AM ET – Wheelchair Curling – Round Robin – USA vs. Norway
  • 1 AM ET – Men’s Alpine Skiing – Super-G – Visually Impaired
    • Mark Bathum
  • 1 AM ET – Men’s Cross-Country Skiing – 15km – Sitting
    • Bryan Price
    • Augusto Jose Perez
    • Aaron Pike
    • Andrew Soule
    • Sean Halsted
    • Daniel Cnossen
  • 1:20 AM ET – Men’s Alpine Skiing – Super-G – Standing
    • James Stanton
    • Ralph Green
    • Jonathan Lujan
  • 2:15 AM ET – Men’s Alpine Skiing – Super-G – Sitting
    • Heath Calhoun
    • Jasmin Bambur
    • Christopher Devlin-Young
  • 4:30 AM ET – Women’s Cross-Country Skiing – 12km – Sitting
    • Beth Requist
    • Monica Bascio
    • Tatyana McFadden
    • Oksana Masters
  • 8:30 AM ET – Ice Sledge Hockey – Group Round – Group B – USA vs. South Korea