Dallas was Australia's sole competitor in the sitting classification events, while Scott Adams, Dean Calabrese, Toby Kane, Marty Mayberry, Michael Milton, Cameron Rahles-Rahbula, Nicholas Watts, and Emily Jansen all competed in the standing events. Emily Jansen also made Australian Winter Paralympic history as the first female to ever represent Australia at the Winter Paralympics. Results Men Women Cross-country skiing The Nordic Skiing events (Cross-country skiing and Biathlon) were held in the valley at Pragelato Commune, which was located at an altitude of 1620m. Cross-country skiing is only open to those athletes with a physical impairment, or blindness/vision impairment. There are three individual events athletes may compete in. Short distance (5 km), middle distance (10 km), and long distance (20 km), as well as a team relay event. The qualification of James Millar into the cross-country event marked the first time an Australian had qualified for the discipline since Peter Rickards in the 1980 Winter Paralympics. Millar competed in all three individual cross-country events. Results Men Biathlon The Biathlon event is open to those competitors with a physical impairment, or blindness/vision impairment. Competitors race around a 2 km or 2.5 km circuit for a total of either 7.5 km or 12.5 km, which are the two event distances for the men's competition (women's is 7.5 km and 10 km). Between each lap, competitors must shoot at a target located 10m away with a rifle 5 times before moving on. Each miss results in a time penalty. Blind athletes must use an electronical rifle which allows aiming by hearing. The closer the rifle is pointed to the target, the louder the higher the tone of the sound is. James Millar was Australia's only competitor in the Biathlon event, and he competed in the 7.5 km and 12.5 km standing classification events. Results Men Administration Australia's support team for the games was consisted of: Chef de mission and Paralympic Committee CEO: Darren Peters Assistant Chef de mission: Nick Dean Administration officer: Natalie Jenkins Attache: Angus Mckenzie Press Attache: Margie McDonald Coaches: Steve Graham (Head Coach), Andrew Bor (Coach) Technical Officer: Alan Dean Medical: Fiona Peat (Medical Officer), Alison Daniel (Trainer) Also accompanying the team was a Joint Management Committee, which was made up of: Chair: Steve Gibb Member: Ron Finneran Funding and sponsorship The Australian Paralympic Commiettee set a budget of $740,000 for the 2006 Winter Paralympics. The total cost to send the