Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games: Bronze and Gold Medals for Winter Paralympics GB Visually Impaired Skier Neil Simpson and His Brother and Guide Skier Andrew

Winter Paralympics GB youngest athlete, 19 year-old visually impaired skier Neil Simpson along with his 21 year-old Brother Andrew not only won the first Paralympics GB Gold of the Beijing games in the Super G but they have just won a Bronze in the Super Combined.

Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with the Banchory boys, Neil and Andrew Simpson to find out what winning a Bronze and Gold medal in their first Winter Paralympic Games means to them both and whether they had gone into their first games expecting to win medals

Neil began by saying how proud he is of how well they have done so far in their first Winter Paralympic Games and how both the Gold in the Super G and the Bronze in the Super Combined have been a real bonus for them in their first games.

Neil then explained to Toby how in the Super Combined they made a bit of a mistake in the Super G but had a great run in the Slalom which put them back on the podium.

Andrew told Toby that as they have been skiing together for years they don’t need to say that much to each other over the headset during the runs as they know each other so well which may be of an advantage for them on other skiers. Andrew will feed back to Neil about the state of the snow, whether there are any ruts to look out for to ensure that Neil has a smooth and fast line down the course.

They did not expect to come out with medals going in to their first Winter Paralympic Games and they are going to have a bit of a rest before a day training for the Giant Slalom later in the games.

Congratulations again to Neil and Andrew on their Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics Gold Super G medal and their Bronze in the Super Combined from everyone here at the RNIB.

To find out more about the Winter Paralympic Sports do visit the Paralympics GB website - https://paralympics.org.uk/sports  do visit 

For details of how to get into Snow Sports as a blind or partially sighted person do visit the Snow Sports page of the British Blind Sports website - 

https://britishblindsport.org.uk/membership/bbs-sports/snow-sports/


(Image shows 'Flying High', the Beijing 2022 Paralympics logo. A multicoloured adaptation of the Chinese symbol for 'Fly'. The Words Beijing 2022 Paralympic Games are written in the centre of the image and the Paralympic symbol is underneath which consists of three agitos, coloured red, blue, and green)