Friday 23 March 2018

Pyeongchang Paralympics Days Four-Seven

Day Four saw success for ParalympicsGB as Menna Fitpatrick and her guide Jen Kehoe collected silver in the Women's Super Combined Slalom - Visually Impaired with compatriots Millie Knight (Guide- Brett Wild) and Kelly Gallagher (Guide- Gary Smith) placing fourth and seventh. Gold went to Henrieta Farkasova (SVK) and her guide Natalia Subrtova and bronze to Melissa Perrine (AUS) and her guide Christian Geiger.

The Men's event saw Miroslav Haraus (SVK) and his guide Maros Hudik taking gold ahead of Yon Santacana Maiztegui (ESP) and his guide Miguel Galindo Garces while Valerii Redkozubov (NPA) and his guide Evgeny Geroev collected bronze.  The Women's Super Combined Slalom - Standing saw gold and bronze for Canadian duo Mollie Jepsen and Alana Ramsey with Andrea Rothfuss (GER) securing silver.

The Men's event saw gold for the Neutral Paralympics Athletes as Aleksei Bugaev won ahead of Arthur Bauchet (FRA) who claimed silver and Adam Hall (AUS) who earned bronze. A 1-2 for Germany in the Women's Super Combined Slalom-Sitting with Anna-Lena Forster taking gold and Anna Schaffelhuber securing silver, bronze went to Momoka Muraoka (JPN).

The Men's event saw Jeroen Kampschreur (NED) winning gold ahead of Frederic Francois (FRA) who secured silver and Jesper Pedersen (NOR) who earned bronze. Over in Biathlon, gold for Ukrainian duo Oksana Shyshkova and her guide Vitaly Kazakov in the Women's 10km - Visually Impaired ahead of silver for Mikhakina Lysova (NPA) and her guide Alexey Ivanov while Clara Klug (GER) and her guide Martin Hartl claimed bronze.

The Men's 12.5km - Visually Impaired saw Yury Holub (BLR) and his guide Dzmitry Budzilovich taking gold ahead of a 2/3 for Ukraine with Oleksandr Kazik and his guide Sergiy Kucheryaviy collecting silver while Iurii Utkin and his guide Ruslan Perekhoda earning bronze. Double joy for Neutral Paralympic Athletes as the duo of Marta Zainullina and Irina Guliaeva claimed silver and bronze as Andrea Eskau (GER) won gold.

The Men's 12.5km - Sitting saw gold claimed by Taras Rad (UKR) while Daniel Cnossen and Andrew Soule collected silver and bronze for USA. A 1-2 for the Neutral Paralympic Athletes in the Women's 10km - Standing as Ekaterina Rumyantseva and Anna Milenina won gold and silver with Liudmyla Liashenko (UKR) claiming bronze. The Men's 12.5km Standing saw gold won by Benjamin Daviet (FRA) with Ihor Reptyukh (UKR) securing silver and Mark Arendz (CAN) collecting bronze.

Day Five

Another successful day for ParalympicsGB as Menna Fitpatrick and her guide Jen Kehoe collected silver in the Women's Giant Slalom - Visually Impaired with compatriots Kelly Gallagher (Guide- Gary Smith) and Millie Knight (Guide- Brett Wildplacing fifth and seventh. Gold went to Henrieta Farkasova (SVK) and her guide Natalia Subrtova and bronze to Melissa Perrine (AUS) and her guide Christian Geiger. The Men's event saw gold won by Italian duo Giacomo Bertagnolli and his guide Fabrizio Casal while Jakub Krako and his guide Branislav Brozman (SVK) collected silver with Mac Marcoux and his guide Jack Leitch (CAN) earned bronze. 

The Women's Giant Slalom - Standing saw gold won by Marie Bochet (FRA) with Andrea Rothfuss (GER) securing silver and Mollie Jepsen (CAN) collecting bronze. The Men's event saw gold won by Theo Gmur (SUI) with Aleksei Bugaev (NPA) collecting silver and Alexis Guimond (CAN) earning bronze.  Gold for Japan's Momoka Muraoka in the Women's Giant Slalom- Sitting, Linda Van Impelen (NED) claimed silver while Claudia Loersch (CAN) took bronze.
The Men's event saw Jesper Pedersen (NOR) win gold ahead of Tyler Walker (USA) and Igor Sikorski (POL). 

Over in Cross Country Skiing, a 1st/3rd for USA in the Men's 1.1km Sprint -Sitting as Andrew Soule won gold and Daniel Cnossen claiming bronze sandwiching a silver for Dzmitry Loban (BLR). The Women's event saw gold also go to the USA as Oksana Masters won ahead of Andrea Eskau (GER) who claimed silver and Marta Zainullina (NPA) who earned bronze. Four medals were awarded in the Men's 1.5km Sprint Classic - Standing as Alexandr Kolyadin (KAZ) won gold ahead of Yoshihiro Nitta (JPN) who secured silver while Ilkka Tuomisto (FIN) and Mark Arendz (CAN) shared bronze. 

The Women's event saw gold for Anna Milenina (NPA) as she finished ahead of Vilde Nilsen (NOR) and Natalie Wilkie (CAN) who claimed bronze. The Men's 1.5km Sprint Classic - Visually Impaired saw gold won by Brian McKeever (CAN) ahead of Zebastian Modin (SWE) who claimed silver and Eirik Bye and his guide Arvid Nelson (NOR) who earned bronze. The Women's event saw gold won by Sviatlana Sakhanenka (BLR) as she finished ahead of Mikhalina Lysova (NPA) who secured silver and Oksana Shyshkova (UKR) who collected bronze.

Days Six/Seven

There were no medal events on day six but day seven made up for the gap with a raft of medals won beginning with the Women's 12.5km -Sitting as Andrea Eskau (GER) won gold ahead of Oksana Masters (USA) who secured silver and Lidziya Hrafeyeva (BLR) who earned bronze. The Men's 15km - Sitting also saw gold go to Germany as Martin Fleig finished ahead of Daniel Cnossen (USA) and Colin Cameron (CAN) who took silver and bronze. A 1-2 for NPA in the Women's 12.5km - Standing  as Anna Milenina and Ekaterina Rumyantseva  won gold and silver ahead of Brittany Hudak (CAN ) who claimed bronze. The Men's 15km - Standing saw Mark Arendz (CAN) win gold ahead of Benjamin Daviet (FRA) who secured silver and Nils-Erik Ulset (NOR) who collected bronze.

Another gold for NPA came in the Women's 12.5km - Visually Impaired as Mikhalina Lysova and her guide Alexey Ivanov finished ahead of Oksana Shyshkova and her guide Vitaly Kazakov (UKR) who claimed silver while Clara Klug and her guide Martin Hartl (GER) collected bronze. The Men's 15km- Visually Impaired saw a 1-2 for Ukraine as Vitaliy Luk'yanenko and his guide Ivan Marchyshak took gold ahead of Oleksandr Kazik and his guide Sergiy Kucheryaviy who secured silver while Anthony Chalencon and his guide Simon Valverde (FRA) earned bronze.

Over in Snowboarding, gold for USA in the Women's Banked Slalom-SBLL1 as Brenna Huckaby finished ahead of Cecile Hernandez (FRA) who secured silver and Amy Purdy (USA) who collected bronze. The Men's event saw a 1-2 for USA as Noah Elliot won gold and Mike Schultz took silver while Bruno Bosnjak (CRO) earned bronze. A 1st/3rd for Netherlands in the Women's Banked Slalom-SBLL2 as Bibian Mentel-Spee won gold and Lisa Bunschoten took bronze sandwiching the silver collected by Brittani Coury (USA). 

The Men's event saw Gurimu Narita (JPN) win gold ahead of Evan Strong (USA) who secured silver and Matti Suur-Hamari (FIN) who collected bronze.  A third gold of the day for USA came in the Men's Banked Slalom - SB-UL as Mike Minor won ahead of Patrick Mayrhofer (AUT) who claimed silver and Simon Patmore (AUS).


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