David Cooper's favourite pictures from the Vancouver Paralympics.

David Cooper - Chief Photographer

 Sledge hockey captain Jean Labonté carries the flag for Canada at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games.

Josh Dueck of Canada came 13th at the 2010 Vancouver Paralympic Games. 

Panoramic view of the Vancouver skyline. This is the view of the downtown core with the mountains in the background.

Vancouver Waterfront: Spring like weather in a small park on the waterfront near Canada Place.

Brian McKeever #37, with his older brother, Robin McKeever, who competes as his guide won Canada's first Gold Medal in the 20km Free. 

Kirill Mikhaylov #20 from Russia, crosses the line to win the Cross-country skiing men's 20km Free, Standing. 

Haitao Du of China finished 7th in the men's 20km Free standing. 

Canada couldn't get a puck past Japanese goalie Mitsuru Nagase #39 as he stops #18 Billy Bridges for the side in the Third period.  Canada lost 3-1 to Japan in the semifinal game. 

Japanese goalie Mitsuru Nagase #39 raises his arms in victory and is  joined by Captain #10 Takayuki Endo, Atsuya Yaguchi #33 , Noritaka Ito #59, and Satoru Sudo #24 Canada lost 3-1 to Japan in the semifinal game. 

Chris Williamson who came 6th in the super G today at the 2010 Vancouver Paralympic Games. Afterwards he gives a high five to young fan Roger O'Callaghan 6yrs old of North Vancouver.

Swedish Third Patrik Burman winces as he signals that he has thown the rock wide. Canada defeated Sweden  10-5 to move on to the final round for the Gold Medal.  

Canadian fans cheer during the gold medal game between Canada and Korea at the 2010 Paralympics in Vancouver. 

-dcooper@thestar.ca  

Comments

[bouke]

great job David! thanks 4 sharing

[Beez]

Well done Coops