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More medal heartbreak for GB’s para alpine skiiers at Winter Paralympics

Neil Simpson recorded his second fourth-place finish of the Games in Milano Cortina, while Menna Fitzpatrick came sixth after recovering from an ACL injury

9 Mar, 14:31 — 10 Mar, 16:22
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BBCHigh4d ago

Banchory's Simpson and guide Poth win Paralympic silver for GB

Neil Simpson wins Great Britain's first medal of the Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics with silver in the alpine combined.

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The GuardianMostly Factual4d ago

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

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 be...

By Paul MacInnes in Cortina

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The IndependentMostly Factual4d ago

Great Britain’s Winter Paralympics medal drought ends as Neil Simpson wins silver in skiing

Neil Simpson won a silver medal to get Great Britain off the mark at the Winter Paralympics

By Jim van Wijk

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YahooMostly Factual4d ago

Simpson and guide Poth win Paralympic silver for GB

Neil Simpson wins Great Britain's first medal of the Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics with silver in the alpine combined.

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dutchnewsMostly Factual5d ago

Jeroen Kampschreur wins first Dutch gold medal of Paralympics

Paralympic skier Jeroen Kampschreur has claimed the Netherlands’ first gold medal in Milan in the Super-G sit-ski. The 26-year-old finished...

By Gordon Darroch

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