Neil Simpson claimed Britain’s first gold medal of the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympics with victory in the men’s Super-G vision impaired class. The 19-year-old, who is guided by his brother Andrew, finished 0.40 seconds ahead of Italian Giacomo Bertagnolli to go into first place, and then had to wait at the foot of the hill to see if anybody else could beat his time. No one could.
“Initially when we came down and Andrew said we had gone in to first place, there was a bit of an anxious wait,” said Simpson, who was born with nystagmus, which causes involuntary eye movements. “I wasn’t thinking about it being a winning performance, I was just thinking that it was a good run. We put it all down on the line and really went for it and I’m just very happy with the performance.”
