Neil Simpson wins first Great Britain medal at Winter Paralympics with skiing silver

2026-03-10 - 16:33

Scot second in men’s visually impaired alpine combined ParalympicsGB mixed curlers lose to Italy in fifth defeat Great Britain won their first medal of the Winter Paralympics on Tuesday as Neil Simpson imposed himself on a stacked field to claim silver in the men’s visually impaired alpine combined. Finishing second behind the home favourite Giacomo Bertagnolli, but ahead of Austria’s Johannes Aigner, who has won two gold medals at these Games, Simpson found the form the British team had been hoping for as he recorded a leading time in the final slalom race to pull himself up from fourth place in the standings. Continue reading...