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Ice Sledge Racing

Ice sledge racing is historical para speed racing on ice: athletes propel a light sledge with blades and two hand poles over sprint and middle distances. This entry is historical and is not a current bobsleigh or IBSF competition.

LevelAdaptive FamilyIce Sports CategoryWinter sport

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Classification

Category Winter sport

Family Ice Sports

Level Adaptive

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Historical para ice racing with a light sledge, blades and hand poles.

Geeignet für Suitable for research, adaptive ice-sport contexts or demonstrations, not as an easily found current mass-participation series.

Cost Realistically through para/adaptive sport contact, demonstration or specialist club; access is very limited today. Sledge, ice time, protection, coach/supervision and accessible access. Para-sport body, ice-sport club, speed-skating rink or Paralympic heritage context. Historical Paralympic speed-racing context with sledge and hand poles.

First progress Depends on access to sledge and ice; no normal taster course is guaranteed.

Fitness level medium to high

Was du brauchst

ice sledge
hand poles
rink/speed-skating oval
helmet/protection
coach/supervision
accessible access

First steps

read historical context
contact para/adaptive sport
get sledge technique demonstrated
clarify ice and safety rules

Para-sport body, adaptive ice-sport group, speed-skating rink, skating club or heritage/demo event.

Try only with suitable sledge, approved ice, protection and supervision.

Weitere Angaben

Tags ice-sledge-racing, winter-sport, ice-sledge-speed-racing, eis-sportarten, wintersport, historisches-ice-sledge-speed-racing, historical-ice-sledge-speed-racing

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Complete the announced ice distance on the sledge with hand poles fastest.

Teilnehmer

individual athletes in historical para classes.

Teamgröße

individual.

Spielfeld

rink/oval.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

time over distance.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

ice sledge
hand poles
helmet
rink
timing

Wichtige Regelpunkte

leaving lane/course
start/finish breach
unsafe equipment
class/event rule breach

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

International Paralympic Committee
International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

Ice Sledge Speed Racing National Paralympic Heritage Trust · history-guide · high
Nagano 1998 Ice Sledge Speed Skating results International Paralympic Committee · official-results · high
About Ice Sledge Racing Topend Sports · sport-guide · medium