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Podium success for Neil Simpson and Jaz Taylor

Simpson seals second consecutive Downhill World Cup in Saalbach

Neil Simpson continued his impressive start to the season by claiming his second World Cup podium in two days, taking third in the men’s Downhill Para-Alpine (Vision Impaired) event in Saalbach Austria, guided by Rob Poth.

The result marks Simpson’s second career World Cup Downhill Podium on only his fourth elite level Downhill race and Rob Poth’s debut Downhill race as Simpson’s guide. Today’s performance follows Simpson’s third place finish from yesterday’s race, which was achieved alongside long-term guide Andrew Simpson, as the team further develops its preparations for the Milan-Cortina Paralympic Winter Games.

Simpson clocked a time of 56.28 seconds securing the second of his back-to-back podiums in Downhill, finishing just 2.29 second behind Austria’s Johannes Aigner, who took the victory and Italy’s Giacomo Bertagnolli, who finished second.

Taylor takes second World Cup podium of season with Sprint Silver in Carezza World Cup

In the Telemark World Cup in Carezza, Italy, Jaz Taylor took Silver in the women’s Sprint event, claiming her second podium of the season in the process.

Taylor posted a combined time of 2:16.62 seconds across the two runs, finishing just 1.11secs behind the winner, Lea Lathion. With a particularly fast leading first run, putting her firmly in contention for the podium spots, Taylor was able to back the performance up with a composed second run to seal her place on the podium.