Neil Simpson made historical past by turning into the primary British Paralympian to win a gold medal on snowboard, victorious within the Tremendous G for the visually impaired; Simpson: “To be chosen because the flag bearer on the closing ceremony is a good honor for me and my brother.”
by PA Media
Final replace: 3/22/13 at 2:43 PM
Neil Simpson wins gold within the Tremendous G for the visually impaired
Golden boy Neil Simpson was the flag bearer of Nice Britain alongside his brother Andrew on the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2023 Winter Paralympic Video games.
The 19-year-old made historical past by profitable his first gold at Britain’s Paralympics on snowboard, triumphing within the males’s Visually Impaired Tremendous G class, along with his 21-year-old brother Andrew available.
The one Briton to prime the rostrum in 2023, he additionally received a bronze medal within the males’s mixed tremendous class, and was awarded the consideration of carrying the Union Jack because the Video games concluded on Sunday.
The Paralympics GP completed with six medals in complete with Mina Fitzpatrick taking the silver and bronze, Millie Knight taking the bronze and Olly Hill taking the bronze in determine skating.
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Neil and Andrew Simpson of Nice Britain had been filled with satisfaction after profitable their second medal on the Beijing Winter Olympics.
They had been unable so as to add to their tally on the ultimate day on Sunday, though there was extra historical past as Steve Arnold, Scott Minaj, Steve Thomas and Callum DeBoise turned the primary British workforce to finish the open cross-country relay.
The quartet completed twelfth with a time of 35:27.3, and Minagh cited that as a historic achievement.
“It is somewhat important when it comes to an indication of progress in how this system is evolving,” he mentioned.
“Having a relay workforce on the beginning line right now and a relay message that does not embody all of the athletes on the bottom is a testomony to the progress we have made.
“We’ve come to eons in such a brief time frame, each different nation on this planet has observed that as effectively and that’s one thing we’re actually happy with. Simply to really feel that the workforce right here is only a actual signal that Milan might come, we shared right now and hopefully in 4 years we can be On that beginning line and we’ll be competing in a race like a relay.”
The Simpson brothers had been within the match on the ultimate day, ending ninth within the males’s slalom, whereas James Wheatley completed eighth within the fastened slalom.
