There was more success for Scottish athletes on day 3 of the Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing. Brothers Neil & Andrew Simpson got on the podium for the second time in 2 days bringing the medal tally for Scots on ParalympicsGB to 3, with one gold and two bronzes so far.
Para Alpine Skiing
The Simpson brothers are having a phenomenal games as they added to their thrilling gold medal yesterday in the Super Combined VI, as Andrew guided Neil to a bronze medal finish to continue their excellent first games.
Watch the boys from Banchory add to their medal tally:
📺 | While you were having breakfast, Neil and Andrew Simpson were adding Beijing bronze to the family collection in the Para Alpine super combined! 🥇🥉#WinterParalympics
🎥 @C4Paralympics pic.twitter.com/IQLIorasnh— ParalympicsGB (@ParalympicsGB) March 7, 2022
Neil Simpson said, “I think with the mistake in the first run coming into the slalom we knew we had to charge, and we had nothing to lose going in to the second run.
“I skied a lot of slalom when I was younger as you have no choice growing up in Scotland and it’s something I really enjoy. I was so tired after the gold medal yesterday I just had some food and went to bed so we were in the right mindset today.”
Andrew Simpson said “ We are still really, really happy with the Super G, we just had one mistake. We knew we were still close with the time and we got fired up and attacked the slalom.”
Brett Wild once again guided Millie Knight to an excellent 4th place finish in the women’s Super Combined VI, another excellent run for the duo in Beijing.
Shona Brownlee also competed in the Sitting Super Combined putting in a competitive performance and finishing 6th in her debut games.
Keep. On. Going. 💪
A determined performance from Shona Brownlee in the Sitting Super Combined. #C4WinterParalympics | #Beijing2022 pic.twitter.com/FwtqxFEohf
— C4 Paralympics (@C4Paralympics) March 7, 2022
Wheelchair Curling
The ParalympicsGB Wheelchair Curling team, comprised entirely of Scots, made an excellent start to the second day of the round robin competition by beating the Swiss 15-1 in convincing fashion. After running out into a 10-0 lead, the team cruised to victory thereafter.
One way traffic.
Hugely impressive win for @ParalympicsGB over Switzerland in the Wheelchair Curling 😮#C4WinterParalympics | #beijing2022 pic.twitter.com/apzuqBVZlx
— C4 Paralympics (@C4Paralympics) March 7, 2022
Following this impressive victory they took on Slovakia and narrowly lost out 7-3 in their second game of the day in the Ice Cube, leaving them with a 50% win record so far as they prepare to face Sweden and Estonia tomorrow.