Asighted guide is a person who guides a person withblindness orvision impairment.

At theParalympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment.

Rules are according to theInternational Blind Sports Association (IBSA) and theInternational 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.^[1]

At theWinter Paralympics there are three classifications of athletes with a visual impairment:

• B1 (no useful vision)
• B2 (minimal useful vision)
• B3 (some useful vision).^[2]

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.^[3][4]

• Combined
• Downhill
• Giant slalom
• Slalom
• Super-G

Athletics:
In athletics the sighted guides can win a medal.^[5]

Cycling: Pilot
Equestrian:
Football 5-a-side:
Triathlon:

• Guide dog
• White cane

• Being a Sighted Guide,American Foundation for the Blind
• Sighted Guide Techniques,Braille Institute of America
• Video: Guide Running at United States Olympic Committee