Yesterday evening in La Molina, Spain, Wikinews sat down and talked with Irene Villa to discuss para-alpine skiing, disability sport, women's sport, and her own sporting career.  Villa was in town as part of activities taking place around the 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships, where one of her skiing club teammates is competing as a member of the Spanish team.  Her high profile in Spain has brought additional interest to para-alpine skiing and disability sport in general.
((Wikinews)) : Hi we are interviewing Irene Villa, who is a disability skier from Spain and professional author, social figure, journalist, and psychologist. You are most well known for being a terrorist survivor, but you're here because of the [2013 Alpine Skiing] World Championships. 
((WN)) : In 2009 you said you were trying to make the 2010 Winter Paralympics. After giving birth are you going to continue with the sport and hope to make 2018? 
((WN)) : You compete in a lot of national competitions, and with disability sport in general, classification is a big issue. Competing in national competitions, does classification come into play, especially when there is so few women skiers in your group? 
((WN)) : Some of the skiers I've talked to in the mens' side, not in Spain, but from other countries, have complained about the quality of womens' skiing, and that there's not enough high quality competition. That's why I was interested in if classification was impacting women's skiing because there is so few women skiers, that classes seem they'd make it harder to find competitors in classes that are making the sport equitable and fair. 
((WN)) : Your personal experiences have adequately prepared you to hurl yourself down the mountain at high speed?  
((WN)) : Most of the ski team looks like they come from the Madrid area? From the Fundación También? 
((WN)) : How does a Frenchwoman become a Spanish skier? 
((WN)) : So there's a national ski culture. People think of Spain as a place with beaches and no snow. 
((WN)) : The Paralympics in Spain are supported by the Plan ADO Paralímpico. Do they provide enough support to women and to winter sports in general? 
((WN)) : When I've read about disability skiing in Spain for women, they talk about you and they talk about Teresa Silva. Is there a way to get more attention for women skiers on that level, outside of using you and Teresa Silva as a vehicle? Not that you are not great for drawing attention! But how do you draw more attention to women's sports and high quality that women are capable of doing? 
((WN)) : As an outsider from, not Spain, I know you are a political figure. Has that gotten in the way of your ability to be a sportswoman?  
((WN)) : When all is said and done, what do you kind of want your legacy to be? Do you want to be known as Irene Villa, disability sport advocate figure? Do you want to be known like Jon Santacana, or do you want to be known as somebody who has pushed the boundaries in other areas?  
((WN)) : Thank you very much! 

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