Paralympics Round-Up Day 3: Menna Medals Again, while Simpson bags bronze

GB’s medal tally rose again with bronze medals in the Super-Combined for Menna Fitzpatrick and Neil Simpson

Fitzpatrick and Simpson take bronze medals in Super-Combined

Menna Fitzpatrick‘s fine record at the Paralympic Winter Games continued with another medal – her sixth in two Paralympic Winter Games – as she took bronze in the Women’s VI Super-Combined. Sitting fifth after the Super-G stage, Fitzpatrick’s outstanding Slalom leg saw her and guide Gary Smith take third place ahead of teammate Millie Knight and her guide, Brett Wild.

With the races brought forward a day because of warming weather conditions in Beijing, Knight and Fitzpatrick sat in fourth and fifth places after the Super-G run, with Fitzpatrick’s medal position confirmed when Slovakia’s Alexandra Rexova skiied out at the halfway point.

🥉 BRONZE 🥉

Congratulations @Mennafitz and @smiffy135 – bronze in the Alpine Super Combined VI – brilliant work! ⭐#WinterParalympics pic.twitter.com/RvcBLP6sv7

— GB Snowsport (@GBSnowsport) March 7, 2022

Neil Simpson and Andrew Simpson followed up their Day 2 gold with a bronze in the Men’s VI Super-Combined after a blistering Slalom leg catapulted them into the medal spots. Sitting in fifth after the Super-G stage, the pair were fast out of the gate and put enough on the board to hold off the challenge of others above them in the first-stage standings, their medal position confirmed when France’s Hyacinthe Deleplace, leading from the first stage, lost time to a huge error in the upper half of the Slalom.

🥉 BRONZE 🥉

Another medal for Neil and Andrew Simpson in @ParalympicsGB's second Bronze of the day in the Super Combined VI 🇬🇧

Congratulations!!!#WinterParalympics pic.twitter.com/X1do2JIpoT

— GB Snowsport (@GBSnowsport) March 7, 2022

In the Women’s Seated category there was frustration for Shona Brownlee with a DNF in the slalom leg having finished the Super-G stage in sixth position, while in the Men’s Standing class James Whitley picked up a DSQ in the Super-G stage to end his Super-Combined bid early.

Menna Fitzpatrick competes in the Para Alpine Skiing Women’s Super Combined Super-G Vision Impaired at Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre during day three of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics on March 07, 2022 in Yanqing, China. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Brits miss out in Snowboard Cross

James Barnes-Miller, Ollie Hill, and Owen Pick fought valiantly in the Snowboard Cross elimination stages this morning, but bowed out outside of the medal positions.

In the UL division, Barnes-Miller made smooth progress through the Quarter Finals before a hard-fought Semi Final battle saw him finish just outside the Final qualification spots.

Hill and Pick, meanwhile, were eliminated in the LL2 Quarter FInal stages, each finishing third in their respective contests.

The squad are due back in action later in the Games for the Banked Slalom competitions.

James Barnes-Miller (L), Yonggang Zhu of Team China (C) and Lijia Ji of Team China (R) compete in the Men’s Snowboard Cross SB-UL Semifinals at Genting Snow Park during day three of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics on March 07, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

Header Image: Menna Fitzpatrick competes in the Para Alpine Skiing Women’s Super Combined Super-G Vision Impaired at Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre during day three of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics on March 07, 2022 in Yanqing, China. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)