Today’s Video: Mexico’s Paralympics hope

Tonight we end our video theme of Latino and Latin American athletes who will be competing at this month’s Winter Games with a look at the Paralympics.

This tenth version of the Winter Paralympics will be held next month in Vancouver and will include sports such as wheelchair curling and sledge hockey. The lone Latin American representatives come from Mexico: alpine skiers Arly Velásquez and Armando Ruiz. Both will compete in the slalom and giant slalom and, as you can see in the following video, Ruiz demonstrates his prowess on the “monoski”:

This week’s videos:

• Monday – Hubertus von Hohenlohe (Mexico)
• Tuesday – Isabel Clark Rebeiro (Brazil)
• Wednesday – Errol Kerr (Jamaica)
• Thursday – Jennifer Rodriguez (U.S.)
  

Online Sources- The Latin Americanist, El Universal, Vancouver 2010 Paralympics, YouTube