Sighted guide
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A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment. ==Sports== ===Paralympic Games=== (L) and Jan Mulder (R) won silver medals in cycling at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens]] 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== Guide dog White cane ==References== ==External links== Being a Sighted Guide, American Foundation for the Blind Sighted Guide Techniques, Braille Institute of America Video: Guide Running at United States Olympic Committee
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