2011 IPC Athletics World Championships: Difference between revisions

The [[sighted guide]]s who run together with athletes with a [[visual impairment]] at the Championship, did not receive a medal. This will change for the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] in [[London]]. For the first time, also guides at a major international athletics event will receive medals.<ref>[http://www.insideworldparasport.biz/insideparasport/9218-guides-to-be-awarded-paralympic-gold-medals Exclusive: Guides to be awarded Paralympic medals at London 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317184215/http://www.insideworldparasport.biz/insideparasport/9218-guides-to-be-awarded-paralympic-gold-medals |date=2012-03-17 }}, insideworldparasport.biz, February 12, 2011</ref> In Paralympic winter sports, such as [[Paralympic alpine skiing|alpine skiing]], [[Paralympic biathlon|biathlon]] and [[Paralympic cross-country skiing|cross-country skiing]] the guides receive medals, for example at the [[2010 Winter Paralympics]]. In Paralympic [[tandem cycling]] events, the pilots receive medals, for example at the [[2008 Summer Paralympics]].