Go Canada Go!

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National Paralympic Committee (NPC) Team Canada beat NPC Team Great Britain Saturday, 7 to 4, and wins the Gold Medal. Great Britain wins the Silver Medal.

Congratulations Skip Chris Daw and the rest of Team Canada for their win.

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Go Canada Go!

After the Tie Breaker games .. these were the final standings before the play-offs ..

1st Place - Canada
2nd Place - Great Britain
3rd Place - Sweden
4th Place - Norway …
The rest, in standing order .. (5th) Denmark, (6th) Switzerland, (7th) Italy and (8th) United States in last place

Semi-Final Games

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Canadian Press
3/17/2006 9:37:34 AM

PINEROLO, Italy (CP) - Skip Chris Daw made two clutch shots in the final end to steal a single point for a 5-4 win over Norway on Friday that sent Canada to the gold medal game in wheelchair curling at the Paralympics.

The game was tied 4-4 in the sixth and final end. Daw, from London, Ont., first did a raise that tapped his own rock into the four-foot ring to count as shot. On his second stone, he threw a perfect guard.

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2006 Winter Paralympic Games - Wheelchair Curling - Results after 6 Sessions

After 6 sessions .. here are the results .. there is only 1 more session before the playoffs!

Canada and Denmark are still tied in first place.

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The IX Paralympic Winter Games (10-19 March 2006) is currently on. Just like the ‘Regular’ Torino 2006 Winter Olympics, there are many similar events to what we seen on T.V. and familiar with

There are events for:

* Alpine Skiing
* Biathlon
* Cross-Country Skiing
* Ice Sledge Hockey

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KATU 2 - Portland, Oregon - Nine-day Winter Paralympics opens in Turin

March 10, 2006

TURIN, Italy - Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and a crowd of 30,000 on Friday attended the opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympics, which features 486 athletes from 39 countries.
Fifty-eight medals will be contested in five disciplines - Alpine skiing, ice sledge hockey, Nordic skiing, biathlon and, for the first time, wheelchair curling - over nine days.

Organizers expect 200,000 fans at the Paralympics venues in Turin, Sestriere, Pragelato and Pinerolo.

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