VANCOUVER, B.C. — On tap at the Paralympic Winter Games today, women's and men's giant slalom, a full day of wheelchair curling and continuing preliminary rounds of sled (sledge) hockey.
And this year, you can see it all on TV.
Universal Sports is broadcasting a nightly two-hour show dedicated to daily competition at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games beginning at 6 p.m. ET, with a re-air at 11 p.m. ET. The coverage will continue through Tuesday, March 23.
Additionally, UniversalSports.com will offer on-demand re-airs of the coverage, plus full-length event "rewinds."
NBC Sports will present a two-hour highlights recap of the Games on Saturday, April 10, from 3-5 p.m. ET.
Check live online coverage at paralympicsport.tv, available through the official Winter Paralympics Web site at www.vancouver2010.com/paralympic-games/, where you can also find sports schedules, athlete profiles and the latest daily news. The official site of the U.S. Paralympic Team, www.usparalympics.org, is also featuring daily video and news highlights of the competition from Vancouver.
So far for the U.S., two-time Paralympic medalist Stephani Victor added a silver medal in Monday's slalom races in the sitting division, and Andy Soule's bronze is the first-ever U.S. medal in biathlon in either the Olympic or Paralympic Winter Games. The U.S. Paralympic sled hockey team logged its second consecutive shutout as it topped the Czech Republic 3-0 on Monday.
The Winter Paralympics Games showcases five sports: alpine skiing, biathlon, cross country skiing, sled hockey and wheelchair curling. A total of 600 athletes from more than 40 countries will compete during the nine-day event.