Canadian Lauren Woolstencroft Wins Fifth Gold At Paralympics
Posted March 20, 2010 7:40 pm.
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Lauren Woolstencroft of North Vancouver, B.C., won the standing super-combined race at the Paralympics on Saturday to earn her fifth gold medal of the Games.
Woolstencroft, 28, had a time of two minutes 22.67 seconds in the race that had a super-giant slalom in the morning and a slalom in the afternoon.
She was nearly 12 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.
Karolina Wisniewska, a 33-year-old from Vancouver, was timed in 2:35.47 for the bronze.
Woolstencroft, who was born without legs below her knees and no arm below the left elbow, has won gold in the downhill, slalom, giant slalom and super-G.
Her five gold medals are the most by any Canadian at a single Winter Paralympics. She is now tied with wheelchair racer Chantal Petitclec and swimmer Stephanie Dixon for most gold medals at a single Paralympics.
Earlier, Viviane Forest of Edmonton was second in the super-combined event for the visually impaired to earn her fifth medal of the Games.
Forest and guide Lindsay Debou of Whistler, B.C., had a time of two minutes 35.94 seconds in an event that combines a super-giant slalom race and a slalom.
Forest, who is skiing with a badly pulled groin, has also won a gold in the downhill, silver in super-G and slalom, and bronze in giant slalom.
