Canadá consigue primera medalla de oro en los Paralímpicos de PyeongChang 2018

Mac Marcoux y su guía Jack Leitch.

REDACCION ST.- El canadiense, Mac Marcoux, de 20 años,  que compite con guía por sus problemas visuales, ganó la primera medalla de oro para Canadá en los Juegos Paralímpicos de Invierno que se viene desarrollando en PyeongChang 2018, Corea del Sur, en Esquí alpino-discapacidad visual. Marcoux fue guiado en la competencia por Jack Leitch.

Marcoux, debutó en las Olimpiadas de Sochi, ganado una medalla de oro y dos de bronce. En los Mundiales de 2017, conquistó cuatro oros y una plata.

Los Juegos Paralímpicos de Pyeongchang alzarán el telón el pasado viernes 9 de marzo, y lo bajarán el 18.

Durante nueve días, 670 deportistas de 42 países lucharán por subir al podio en 80 pruebas. El programa paralímpico lo forman seis deportes: esquí alpino, esquí nórdico, biatlón, snowboard, curling en silla de ruedas y hockey sobre hielo.

La delegación canadiense está integrada por 55 atletas.

Marcoux, comenzó a perder la visión cuando tenía ocho años a consecuencia de la enfermedad de Stargardt, y a los 9 años ya estaba ciego. La enfermedad de Stargardt es una distrofia macular, en la mayoría de casos se heredan de forma autosómica recesiva. La disminución de visión que produce esta enfermedad afecta habitualmente a personas jóvenes.

Stargardt es una enfermedad ocular hereditaria que se caracteriza por una degeneración macular, la mácula es la zona central de la retina dotada de la máxima sensibilidad que permite la visión fina de los detalles.

PROGRAMACION

Friday, March 9

• Opening ceremony at 6 a.m.
• Alpine skiing: Women’s and men’s downhill (all classes) at 7:30 p.m.
• Biathlon: Men’s 7.5-kilometre and women’s 6 km:
  • Sitting events at 8 p.m.
  • Standing and visual impairment events at 9:45 p.m.
• Hockey: Preliminary games:
  • Norway vs. Italy at 10 p.m.

Saturday, March 10

• Hockey: Preliminary games:
  • Korea vs. Japan at 1:30 a.m.
  • Canada vs. Sweden at 5 a.m.
  • U.S. vs. Japan at 10 p.m.
• Wheelchair curling: Round robin:
  • 12:35 a.m. games: Norway vs. Great Britain; Switzerland vs. Canada; U.S. vs. Korea; Germany vs. Neutral Paralympic Athletes.
  • 5:35 a.m. games: Sweden vs. China; Korea vs. Neutral Paralympic Athletes; Slovakia vs. Finland; Canada vs. Norway
  • 7:30 p.m. games: U.S. vs. Germany; Switzerland vs. Great Britain.
• Alpine Skiing: Women’s and men’s super G (all classes) at 7:30 p.m.
• Cross country: Men’s and women’s sitting:
  • Men’s 15 km at 8 p.m.
  • Women’s 12 km at 9:15 p.m.

Sunday, March 11

• Hockey: Preliminary games:
  • Korea vs. Czech Republic at 1:30 a.m.
  • Canada vs. Italy 6 a.m.
  • USA vs. Czech Republic at 11 p.m.
• Wheelchair curling: Round robin:
  • 12:35 a.m. games: Neutral Paralympic Athletes vs. Finland; Norway vs. China; Canada vs. Sweden; Slovakia vs. Korea.
  • 6:35 a.m. games: Slovakia vs. Switzerland; Great Britain vs. Finland; China vs. Germany; U.S. vs. Sweden.
  • 8:35 p.m. games: Korea vs. Canada; Sweden vs. Slovakia; Norway vs. Neutral Paralympic Athletes; Finland vs. China.
• Cross country: Men’s and women’s standing and visual impairment:
  • Men’s 20 km at 9 p.m.
  • Women’s 15 km at 9 p.m.
• Snowboard: Men’s and women’s snowboard cross at 9:30 p.m.

Monday, March 12

• Hockey: Preliminary games:
  • Canada vs. Norway at 2:30 a.m.
  • Italy vs. Sweden at 6 a.m.
  • U.S. vs. Korea at 11 p.m.
• Wheelchair curling: Round robin:
  • 1:35 a.m. games: Germany vs. Slovakia; China vs. Switzerland; Finland vs. U.S.; Sweden vs. Great Britain.
  • 6:35 a.m. games: Switzerland vs. Norway; Neutral Paralympic Athletes vs. U.S.; Great Britain vs. Canada; Korea vs. Germany.
  • 8:35 p.m. games: Finland vs. Korea; Norway vs. Sweden; Neutral Paralympic Athletes vs. Slovakia; China vs. Canada.
• Alpine skiing: Women’s and men’s super combined (all classes):
  • Super G portion at 8:30 p.m.
  • Slalom portion Tuesday at 2 a.m.
• Biathlon: Men’s 12.5 km and women’s 10 km:
  • Sitting events at 9 p.m.
  • Standing and visual impairment events at 11:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 13

• Wheelchair curling: Round robin:
  • 1:35 a.m. games: U.S. vs. China; Great Britain vs. Slovakia; Sweden vs. Germany; Finland vs. Switzerland.
  • 6:35 a.m. games: Neutral Paralympic Athletes vs. Great Britain; Canada vs. U.S.; Switzerland vs. Korea; Germany vs. Norway.
  • 8:35 p.m. games: Finland vs. Sweden; Germany vs. Great Britain; Slovakia vs. China; Switzerland vs. U.S.
• Hockey: Preliminary games:
  • Norway vs. Sweden at 2:30 a.m.
  • Czech Republic vs. Japan at 6 a.m.
• Alpine skiing: Men’s slalom (all classes):
  • First run at 8:30 p.m.
  • Second run on Wednesday at 1 a.m.
• Cross country: Men’s and women’s sprint classic (all classes)
  • Qualifications at 9 p.m.
  • Semifinals and finals at 11:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 14

• Wheelchair curling: Round robin:
  • 1:35 a.m. games: Great Britain vs. U.S.; Korea vs. Norway; Germany vs. Switzerland; Canada vs. Neutral Paralympic Athletes.
  • 6:35 a.m. games: China vs. Neutral Paralympic Athletes; Slovakia vs. Canada; Korea vs. Sweden; Germany vs. Norway.
  • 8:35 p.m. games: Canada vs. Germany; Switzerland vs. Neutral Paralympic Athletes; U.S. vs. Norway; Great Britain vs. Korea.
• Hockey: Elimination round:
  • 5th-8th playoffs: 3A vs. 4B at 3:00 a.m.
  • 5th-8th playoffs: 3B vs. 4A at 7:00 a.m.
  • Semifinals: 1A vs. 2B at 11:00 p.m.
• Alpine skiing: Women’s slalom (all classes)
  • First run at 8:30 p.m.
  • Second run at 11:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 15

• Wheelchair curling: Round robin:
  • 1:35 a.m. games: Norway vs. Slovakia; China vs. Korea; Canada vs. Finland; Neutral Paralympic Athletes vs. Sweden.
  • 6:35 a.m. games: Sweden vs Switzerland; Finland vs. Germany; China vs. Great Britain; U.S. vs. Slovakia.
  • Tiebreakers (if required) at 8:35 p.m.
• Hockey: Semifinals:
  • 1B vs. 2A at 7:00 a.m.
• Snowboard: Men’s and women’s banked slalom at 9:30 p.m.
• Biathlon: Men’s 15 km and women’s 12.5 km
  • Sitting events at 9:00 p.m.
  • Standing and visual impairment events at 11:00 p.m.​

Friday, March 16

• Wheelchair curling: Semifinals and medal round:
  • Semifinals (1 vs. 4; 2 vs. 3) at 2:35 a.m.
  • Bronze-medal game at 8:35 p.m.
• Hockey: Placing and medal round:
  • 7 vs. 8 placing at 3:00 a.m.
  • 5 vs. 6 placing 7:00 a.m.
  • Bronze-medal game at 11:00 p.m.
• Alpine skiing: Men’s giant slalom (all classes):
  • First run at 8:30 p.m.
  • Second run Saturday at 1:00 a.m.
• Cross country: Men’s and women’s middle-distance classic:
  • Men’s 10 km and women’s 7.5 km standing and visual impairment events at 9 p.m.
  • Men’s 7.5 km and Women’s 5 km sitting events at 11:40 p.m.

Saturday, March 17

• Wheelchair curling: Gold-medal game at 1:35 a.m.
• Alpine skiing: Women’s giant slalom (all classes):
  • First run at 8:30 p.m.
  • Second run at 11:30 p.m.
• Cross country: Relay events:
  • 4×2.5 km mixed relay (all classes) at 9 p.m.
  • 4×2.5 km open relay (all classes) at 10 p.m.
• Hockey: Gold-medal game at 11 p.m.

Sunday, March 18

• Closing ceremony at 7 a.m.

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