Winter Paralympics: Millie Knight banishes super-G demons in giant slalom
Millie Knight was relieved to banish her super-G demons when the Winter Paralympic pressure was off with a valiant giant slalom display at Beijing 2022.
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Millie Knight was relieved to banish her super-G demons when the Winter Paralympic pressure was off with a valiant giant slalom display at Beijing 2022.
Melissa Perrine has finished sixth in the vision-impaired giant slalom at the Beijing Winter Paralympics, while Rae Anderson was 10th on debut in the standing classification.
Austrian sisters Veronika and Elisabeth Aigner emulated brother Johannes by winning Winter Paralympic alpine skiing gold in Beijing.
The rescheduling of events to avoid warmer Beijing weather forecast for the weekend made for a busy Friday at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, with medals available in Alpine skiing, biathlon and snowboarding, and the para ice hockey and wheelchair curling competitions reaching the semi-final stages.
Ollie Hill edged out team-mate Owen Pick to win Britain's first Paralympic snowboard medal with bronze in the banked slalom LL2 event in Beijing.
Athletes at Beijing's Winter Paralympics are not just breaking down sports barriers on the slopes and ice -- Argentinian skier Enrique Plantey is pushing for a bedroom revolution. The 39-year-old and his non-disabled Spanish girlfriend Triana Serfaty have published a practical guidebook called "Sexistimos" -- a nod to the Spanish term for "we exist" -- about disability and sex. They hope it sparks an open conversation on what is a difficult topic for many. "People are afraid to talk openly about it," Plantey, who is a paraplegic, told AFP.
“Ski like a girl.” It’s the four-word motto that serves as both motivation and mantra for Paralympic alpine racer Allie Johnson, who’s making her debut for Team USA at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing.
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