Opening Ceremony 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships La Molina
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The 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships were opened in the
Sports Centre of Alp, a small village near La Molina, Spain on Tuesday
(19 February). From 20-27 February, 118 skiers from 29 countries will
battle it out for gold in six events, just over a year before the next
Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. Live results, daily news
stories and video highlights, as well as athlete video blogs will be
uploaded to www.ipcalpineskiingworlds.org and fans can follow the
action on Twitter @IPCAlpine and on the IPC Alpine Skiing Facebook page
Facebook.com/IPCAlpineSkiing. "Since the 2011 World Championships in
Sestriere a number of great rivalries have developed on the alpine
skiing circuit and I expect these to take centre stage here this week,"
said IPC President, Sir Philip Craven in his Opening Ceremony
speech. "I'm also delighted at some of the new young talent emerging
and believe some of them will be surprise packages here in La Molina by
coming out of nowhere to win a medal or even a world title. "Such
competition for medals and rankings is great news for the sport and I
expect the performance levels of athletes to reach new heights at these
Championships." The Opening Ceremony of the sixth World Championships
was attended by Her Royal Highness, Princess Elena, Mayor Ramon
Moliner, Miguel Cardenal, President of the Spanish Sports Council, Ivan
Tibau, Secretary General of Sport, Miguel Carballeda, President of the
Spanish Paralympic Committee and Miguel Sagarra, IPC Governing Board
Member. It featured a performance from the local band For more
information please visit the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
La Molina homepage: http://ipcalpineskiingworlds.org The International
Paralympic Committee (IPC) is committed to enabling Paralympic athletes
to achieve sporting excellence and to develop sport opportunities for
all persons with a disability from the beginner to elite level. In
addition, the IPC aims to promote the Paralympic values, which include
courage, determination, inspiration and equality. For further
information, please visit http://www.paralympic.org. To watch videos on
demand from Paralympic Games and to subscribe to ParalympicSport.TV,
please go to www.youtube.com/ParalympicSportTV. Also, you may follow
the Paralympic Movement on Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/ParalympicGames or on Twitter at
http://www.twitter.com/paralympic.
Sports Centre of Alp, a small village near La Molina, Spain on Tuesday
(19 February). From 20-27 February, 118 skiers from 29 countries will
battle it out for gold in six events, just over a year before the next
Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. Live results, daily news
stories and video highlights, as well as athlete video blogs will be
uploaded to www.ipcalpineskiingworlds.org and fans can follow the
action on Twitter @IPCAlpine and on the IPC Alpine Skiing Facebook page
Facebook.com/IPCAlpineSkiing. "Since the 2011 World Championships in
Sestriere a number of great rivalries have developed on the alpine
skiing circuit and I expect these to take centre stage here this week,"
said IPC President, Sir Philip Craven in his Opening Ceremony
speech. "I'm also delighted at some of the new young talent emerging
and believe some of them will be surprise packages here in La Molina by
coming out of nowhere to win a medal or even a world title. "Such
competition for medals and rankings is great news for the sport and I
expect the performance levels of athletes to reach new heights at these
Championships." The Opening Ceremony of the sixth World Championships
was attended by Her Royal Highness, Princess Elena, Mayor Ramon
Moliner, Miguel Cardenal, President of the Spanish Sports Council, Ivan
Tibau, Secretary General of Sport, Miguel Carballeda, President of the
Spanish Paralympic Committee and Miguel Sagarra, IPC Governing Board
Member. It featured a performance from the local band For more
information please visit the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
La Molina homepage: http://ipcalpineskiingworlds.org The International
Paralympic Committee (IPC) is committed to enabling Paralympic athletes
to achieve sporting excellence and to develop sport opportunities for
all persons with a disability from the beginner to elite level. In
addition, the IPC aims to promote the Paralympic values, which include
courage, determination, inspiration and equality. For further
information, please visit http://www.paralympic.org. To watch videos on
demand from Paralympic Games and to subscribe to ParalympicSport.TV,
please go to www.youtube.com/ParalympicSportTV. Also, you may follow
the Paralympic Movement on Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/ParalympicGames or on Twitter at
http://www.twitter.com/paralympic.