Neil Simpson wins first Great Britain medal at Winter Paralympics with skiing silver
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<ul><li><p>Scot second in men’s visually impaired alpine combined</p></li><li><p>ParalympicsGB mixed curlers lose to Italy in fifth defeat</p></li></ul><p>Great Britain won their first medal of the Winter Paralympics on Tuesday as Neil Simpson imposed himself on a stacked field to claim silver in the men’s visually impaired alpine combined.</p><p>Finishing second behind the home favourite Giacomo Bertagnolli, but ahead
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Neil Simpson wins first Great Britain medal at Winter Paralympics with skiing silver Scot second in men’s visually impaired alpine combined ParalympicsGB mixed curlers lose to Italy in fifth defeat Great Britain won their first medal of the Winter Paralympics on Tuesday as Neil Simpson imposed himself on a stacked field to claim silver in the men’s visually impaired alpine combined. Finishing second behind the home favourite Giacomo Bertagnolli, but ahead of Austria’s Johannes Aigner, who has won two gold medals at these Games, Simpson found the form the British team had been hoping for as he recorded a leading time in the final slalom race to pull himself up from fourth place in the standings. Tension had been rising inside ParalympicsGB after the first three days of competition saw British athletes repeatedly fall short, including Simpson who came fourth in the downhill on Monday after winning gold in Beijing four years ago. Earlier on Tuesday there had been further disappointment when Menna Fitzpatrick came last in the women’s VI combined. But with Britain now on the board thanks to the 23-year-old Simpson, there will be renewed confidence going into the remainder of the week. “It was just technically good, solid skiing”, said Simpson, speaking alongside his guide, Rob Poth, after the race. “That was the main aim and I think we carried that out quite well. The visually impaired is really strong. There’s lots of really quick guys in there. So, yeah, we’re very, very pleased to get on to the podium.” Simpson said he felt no pressure in the slalom run, after finishing more than a second off the pace in the opening super-G race and more than half a second behind Aigner. “We had a clear plan and that helps with dealing with the pressure”, he said. “The focus is just entirely on carrying out that plan so we were fully in the zone.” A dominant second run will now give the pair extra motivation for their two remaining events, which both come in the slalom. “Run by run we...
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