After the World Cup opener in Arte Terme, Italy, Slovakia's Paralympic<br />triple-gold-medalist Henrieta Farkasova is ranked first in the women's<br />Giant Slalom and Slalom Visually Impaired, having picked up three<br />golds. In Giant Slalom Visually Impaired, Russia's Alexandra Frantseva<br />is ranked second and Australia's Melissa Perrine third, but both failed<br />to make the rankings in Slalom after failing to finish the race in Arte<br />Terme. In the women's Giant Slalom and Slalom Standing, things seem to<br />be equally as unshakable with France's Marie Bochet ranking first in<br />both events. Germany's Paralympic silver medalist Andrea Rothfuss<br />ranked second and Italy's Melania Corradini third. Canada's Kimberly<br />Joines was the only athlete to make it to the rankings for the women's<br />Slalom sitting, after her other competitors did not finish the race in<br />Arte Terme. Though Joines won gold in the first Giant Slalom race<br />there, she did not finish the second, which pulled her ranking down to<br />third position. Germany's Anna Schaffelhuber is ranked first and USA's<br />Laurie Stephens second in Slalom. However, with USA's Alana Nichols<br />joining the competition in La Molina, these rankings could get a<br />shake-up. In the men's Visually impaired, Russia's Valery Redkozubov is<br />holding onto his first place ranking in both the Slalom and Giant<br />Slalom events, despite Spain's Yon Santacana Maiztegui beating him on<br />the second day of Giant Slalom in Arte Terme. The Spaniard is ranked<br />second in both events. Slovakia's Miroslav Haraus is ranked third in<br />Giant Slalom, but did not make it to the Slalom rankings after he was<br />disqualified on the first run of Friday's race in Arte Terme. The<br />rankings look very different for the men's Slalom and Giant Slalom<br />Standing races. With a large group of competitors capable of making it<br />to the podium, these rankings are likely to be shuffled up the most<br />after La Molina. In the men's Giant Slalom Standing France's Vincent<br />Manuel-Gauthier is clinging on to first place in the rankings.<br />Australia's Mitch Gourley is ranked second and Australia's Markus<br />Salcher is currently in third place after he failed to finish the<br />second Giant Slalom event. If things go well for the Austrian in La<br />Molina though, he may be back on the top of the podium. In the men's<br />Slalom Standing, Russia's Alexandr Alyabyev is currently in pole<br />position, followed by Switzerland's Michael Bruegger and Austria's<br />Andreas Preiss. But this may all change in La Molina, after<br />Manuel-Gauthier, Salcher and Gourley all did not finish the Slalom race<br />in Arte Terme. Austria's Philipp Bonadimann is in the lead in the men's<br />Slalom Slalom Sitting, though this may change if Germany's Franz<br />Hanfstingl has a better run in La Molina. France's Cyril More is<br />currently ranked second and Austria's Dietmar Dorn third. In the men's<br />Giant Slalom Sitting Japan's Taiki Morii is ranked first, Switzerland's<br />Christoph Kunz second and Japan's Takeshi Suzuki third. For more<br />information, please visit www.ipc-alpineskiing.org The International<br />Paralympic Committee (IPC) is committed to enabling Paralympic athletes<br />to achieve sporting excellence and to develop sport opportunities for<br />all persons with a disability from the beginner to elite level. In<br />addition, the IPC aims to promote the Paralympic values, which include<br />courage, determination, inspiration and equality. For further<br />information, please visit http://www.paralympic.org. To watch videos on<br />demand from Paralympic Games and to subscribe to ParalympicSport.TV,<br />please go to www.youtube.com/ParalympicSportTV. Also, you may follow<br />the Paralympic Movement on Facebook at<br />http://www.facebook.com/ParalympicGames or on Twitter at<br />http://www.twitter.com/paralympic.
