CBC will be presenting coverage of Torino 2006 – The Paralympic Winter Games daily from March 11 to 19 on CBC News, CBC Newsworld, CBC Radio and on its Web site at cbc.ca/paralympics. Weekdays, five-minute packages will be airing while weekend coverage will be on CBC Sports Saturday. A special half-hour broadcast welcoming the athletes home with air March 28 at 7 p.m. on CBC and three Paralympic specials will air on CBC Sports April, 1, 8 and 15. Torino 2006 will involve 700 athletes from 41 countries vying for the 58 medals to be awarded for sports including alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, biathlon, ice sledge hockey and wheelchair curling.
