Winter Paralympics 2022: A closer look at Great Britain’s hottest medal prospects

ParalympicsGB has selected 25 athletes across four sports for Beijing 2022.

The team – GB’s biggest for a winter Games since Lillehammer in 1994 – will compete between March 4-13 in alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, snowboarding and curling.

Here, we picks out five of the best medal hopes.

Visually-impaired skier Fitzpatrick was Britain’s only gold medallist four years ago in PyeongChang. The reigning slalom champion, who also claimed two silvers and a bronze in South Korea, will be racing with new guides Katie Guest and Gary Smith on this occasion. Fitzpatrick, 23, last month underlined her credentials by winning the slalom world title, in addition to claiming super combined silver behind team-mate Millie Knight.

Barnes-Miller is bidding to make history as Britain’s first Paralympic medallist in his sport. The 32-year-old, who was born without a right hand, relocated to the French ski resort of Morzine after finishes of seventh and 10th at the 2018 Games. The move has paid dividends. Last year he won the overall Para-snowboard World Cup title, while he returned from the recent world championships with silver in snowboard cross, plus bronzes in dual banked slalom and the team event, alongside Ollie Hill.

Britain’s curlers will look to take inspiration from the successes of their Olympic counterparts. Ewan, a bronze medallist from Sochi 2014, and Nibloe are veterans of the underwhelming seventh-placed finish of 2018, with Melrose, Dawson-Farrell and travelling reserve Charlotte McKenna making Paralympic debuts. Sweden and reigning world and Paralympic champions China are among their formidable rivals but the team is capable of beating anyone on their day and gold is not out of the question.

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