Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person who is blind or partially sighted.
Sports
Paralympic Games
At the Paralympics there are three classifications of athletes with a visual impairment:
- B1 (no useful vision)
- B2 (minimal useful vision)
- B3 (some useful vision).[1]
A sighted guide is required for B1 and B2, and optional for B3.
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.[2]
Winter
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:
Cycling: Pilot
Equestrian:
Football 5-a-side:
References
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- Being a Sighted Guide, American Foundation for the Blind
- Sighted Guide Techniques, Braille Institute of America
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- ↑ A look at the Paralympic Games, Universal Sports, March 9, 2010
- ↑ Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands, thestar.com, March 13, 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
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