Sighted guide facts for kids
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.
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Sports
Paralympic Games
At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment.
Rules are according to the International Blind Sports Association (IBSA) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
The sighted guides are such a close and essential part of the competition, that the athlete with a visual impairment and the guide are considered a team, and both athletes are medal candidates.
Winter
At the Winter Paralympics there are three classifications of athletes with a visual impairment:
- B1 (no useful vision)
- B2 (minimal useful vision)
- B3 (some useful vision).
A sighted guide is required for B1 and B2, and optional for B3.
Nordic skiing:
The guide can lead, follow, or ski next to the athlete with a visual impairment. The guide assists with voice instruction only. No physical contact allowed.
Alpine skiing:
The start must have an adequate space for the guide.
- Combined
- Downhill
- Giant slalom
- Slalom
- Super-G
Summer
Athletics:
In athletics the sighted guides can win a medal.
Cycling: Pilot
Equestrian:
Football 5-a-side:
Triathlon:
See also
In Spanish: Guía vidente para niños
- Guide dog
- White cane
