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17-year-old Sotnikova de
feated feigning Olympic cham
pion Yuna Kim of South Korea.
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Wednesday, i Rebruaity ;S6,20rt 4 »;,p6ige 4.3
Paralympics to begin
March 7 in Sochi
Kairlin Dunn
lnltri.,'uonal Cthior
Photo. Coutosy Of MCT Campus
Russian Adelina SotniKova skates her way to gold.
Ahcr rwo wtujks of ..onipctitjon, tlw
t)l\i ijui. Taitu.i ui StH.hi luvi cnilcd, but
tliLit JK -nil 72 LomjKtitions aheatl lu tiaj.
i’ll ihiupics which Kgui \Uuji ^ mtli the
t)p(.iiii)gCeiunwtnv.
Uh Pamh-ntjiiLj. arc a -erie, of coniri'co-
ti Ml- vkiigncd for atWetis walh physical dis-
ahiliti's The clas-ifii. itinn, ot djsabditws jn
tlu \\’tmer Pjijhnipn.' irn.lude Ampulac/
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Iki 1 .uidTjauuwtii BrAinJniur\'/CP/SlTols*:.
Jlitrc axe hvL ilitfeient sp«ll^ ni tht Para
hmpiL-, alpiot hkimg, biathlon, cnnsN-coun-
ti V ‘ikimg.icc !>k‘d,;v {sled] ho Jan imd wheel
chair curling. Atiilercs loan all the disalwEiy
cati-mines arai^vtc tn alpun. k«r\g, buidllon,
and (.loss couiitn -tkiuig, wliik uxtlmg and
>lea hix kc\ do tioi haw j »«rtu. ipanh, Jbrom the
blind ii'iiuU} ttiipaiiid categtxrv.
lliL I fniteJ States j- aemtiitg 74 athletes
aiivl -n guidn. to Sochi ■Yiuong thi adiktes
wiio 17 rewnungp-iralympljns.
Alli-on Jonch, a i>c\\ju-nnie Paratiinpran
h i.‘> Ixt n on evax I Ih teim.wintei and sum-
iMci, -irice 200J,bhe us a t'vJi-r and skier who
wa- I'oru without a right feniui.
“1 likethatits j «ot the same thing ox’er and
over agiun, but 1 c.m take my competitive na
ture imd apply it year-round,”Joncs said. “By
the time Im getting tired of one sjiort, I start
the other one.”
'Ihe most decorated athlete on the team is
Tatxuna Mcl'adden, though none of her 10
medals aime firam winter Paralympic Games.
Her last three gold meduls were won in Lon
don in wheelchair racing. She Is making her
winter debut in Nordic skiing this year.
The carrying of the torch begins Feb. 26
in die Pacific port citt' of I'ladivostok and
will finish on March 7 in Sochi. More tlum
1500 torchbearers, including 300 people wirii
xiisabilities, will cany the Paralympic Flmnc
-across. Kussia.