Scottish athletes were once again in action for ParalympicsGB on the 4th day of competition in Beijing, with the Wheelchair Curling team keeping themselves in contention for progression from the round robin tournament.
Wheelchair Curling
The 5 strong Scottish wheelchair curling contingent made a fantastic start to day 4 of the games with a convincing 10-5 victory over Estonia in the Ice Cube, with Gary Smith making his Paralympic Games debut. This continued a trend where the team have got off to a fast start having won all of their matches in the morning session so far.
Unfortunately they couldn’t take this momentum into the afternoon session as they lost out 6-4 to table toppers Sweden. With 4 games remaining in the round robin, they are still in contention to progress into the next stage of the competition.
In competition today was Meggan Dawson-Farrell who we interviewed ahead of the games for today’s International Women’s Day celebration: https://scottishdisabilitysport.com/meggan-dawson-farrell-a-journey-from-participation-sport-to-the-paralympic-winter-games/
Para Nordic Skiing
Scott Meenagh and Callum Deboys were in action in the Biathlon event, with Meenagh making it back-to-back top 10 finishes and equalling his best ever Paralympic result coming in 9th position.
He said of his achievement, “To be there consistently in that top 10 and tugging on the sleeves of the best of the world is something I’m really proud of.”
Callum Deboys was to finish in 18th position in the same event.