#ScotsonParaGB
Scotland had one member of the ParalympicsGB team in competition on day seven of the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games in PyeongChang.
Nordic Skiing
The gruelling schedule continued for Scott Meenagh as he continues to learn and improve with every event at PyeongChang 2018.
In his penultimate race of competition Scott was in good form in the early stages of the Men’s Sitting 15km at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre. He had clean shoots on his first two trips to the range and was placed in the top ten at the midpoint of the race.
Scott had to contend with windy conditions on the course which contributed to him picking up three penalties on his third prone stage and another two on his final shoot.
Those misses impacted on Scott’s final score and he crossed in a time of 58:58.1 to finish in 14th position. The gold medal was won by Germany’s Martin Fleig while USA’s Daniel Cnossen taking the silver and Canada’s Colin Cameron securing bronze.
After his race Scott said;
“You couldn’t slap the smile off my face today, I’m really happy. It was on after two shoots, I really thought I was in a strong position.
“It was great, I know what I’ve got wrong today and I’m going to go and work on it but I’m really happy with that.
“I’m extremely inspired and I feel that tomorrow if I hit it with the same intent and I can push a little bit harder then there is no reason why I can’t be up there.
“I feel like I skied really well and I was in a really nice place for the first couple of shoots. The third and fourth shoots caught me out a little.
“I can’t afford to not shoot well in this field because these guys are just incredible.”
“We’ve seen a glimpse of what can be today and it’s awesome,” added Meenagh. “That’s a sight of what can be possible.
“These Games have taught me lots of lessons but they have also shown me a glimpse of the level we can be at and if we get it right on the day. We are no worse than any of these guys out here.
“We know what we are here to do and we have a lot of work to do in the next four years but I’ve seen a lot of positives here.”
After five days of intense competition, Scott faces his final event tomorrow as he gets set to bring the curtain down on his first Paralympic Games in the men’s 7.5km cross-country.
For an overview of Channel 4’s comprehensive coverage of the Games go to;
http://paralympics.channel4.com/news/2018-winter-paralympics-day-day-coverage-guide/