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Andrew Kurka | Team USA goes for Gold in Slalom | Samsung Paralympic Blogger | PyeongChang 2018

The proud Paralympians of the Team USA Paralympic Alpine Ski team that will be competing in the Slalom and final Alpine race of Pyeongchang 2018. Watch live at paralympic.org! About Andrew Kurka (USA, Para alpine skiing): Originally wanted to become a professional wrestler and one day qualify for the Olympic Games. After his accident he tried mono-ski for the first time and in 2010 was called up to the USA´s Paralympic team. Since then, he has competed at various World Cups and World Championships. About the Samsung Paralympic Bloggers: The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is partnering with its Worldwide Paralympic Partner Samsung to provide 25 bloggers the chance to record exclusive behind-the-scenes video blogs during the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. A total of 19 Paralympians, three team officials and three super-fans from Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Spain, South Korea and USA will take part. International Paralympic Committee's vision is to make for an inclusive world through Para sport. Our mission is to lead the Paralympic Movement, oversee the delivery of the Paralympic Games and support members to enable Para athletes to achieve sporting excellence. SUBSCRIBE for more great Paralympic content ▶ https://www.youtube.com/c/paralympics More information about the Paralympics can be found on the Paralympic website ▶ https://www.paralympic.org/ Like and follow the Paralympic Games @Paralympics Facebook ▶ https://www.facebook.com/paralympics Twitter ▶ https://twitter.com/Paralympics Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/paralympics #Paralympics LICENSE Paralympic footage via IMG REPLAY ▶ https://bit.ly/34Vls03

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hey guys it's andrew kirk out here at the top of the gondola for uh samsung paralympic bloggers and i got my gold medal with the downhill and my silver with the super g and it was a huge honor for me bring being able to uh to bring back the very first paralympic medal for alaska and the fact that it was gold was just a huge honor and i'm not going to be competing in the slalom of my coaches advised that i i stay out of it but i'm going to be bringing you a little bit different blog today i'm goi
ng to be bringing you my teammates the ones that are going to be competing in the slalom and the ones that you can watch on paralympic.org so keep watching watch the paralympics and thank you for all your support hey guys jamie stanton uh team usa here we are at the venue right now getting ready for slalom train slalom is tomorrow morning here and um yeah be sure to check us out hey thomas walsh here from vale colorado representing team usa in the paralympics getting ready for the song and we're
going to crush it so be sure to check us out on paralympic.org hey spencer wood here for team usa pittsfield vermont make sure to check us out tomorrow at the salaam paralympic.org hi i'm stephanie john i'm from harding pennsylvania with team usa and i'll be racing the slalom so make sure you're watching hey it's tyler carter from thompson pennsylvania with team usa watch the slalom that i'm competing in hey guys i'm connor hogan competing in the salon at the 2018 paralympic games of pyeongchan
g south korea and i'm from foxborough massachusetts usa hi i'm stacy i'm from new jersey i'm saying i'm from park city utah um sadie is my guide and i'm a visually impaired athlete that's going to compete in the swallow for team um [Music] hi my name is josh elliott i'm competing in the slalom tomorrow for the united states usparalympics.org uh i'm from san diego and i ski and train in aspen colorado whole plethora of proud paralympians here with team usa going to be competing in the slalom make
sure to watch live at paralympic.org

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