Scottish Athletes Ready for Winter Paralympic Games

The 2018 Paralympic Winter Games will be held for 10 days from 9 to 18 March, 2018 in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province, the Republic of Korea. The Paralympic Winter Games will be held in Korea for the first time in 30 years after the Seoul Paralympic Games in 1988. The Games will feature up to 670 athletes, who will compete in 80 medal events across six sports. PyeongChang will be the stage for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies and most snow sports. Alpine skiing events will take place in Jeongseon, and all ice sports will be competed in the coastal city of Gangneung.

Four years ago in Sochi, the ParalympicsGB team had their most successful Games of modern times, winning six medals. In PyeongChang, Great Britain will be represented by a team of 17, the largest representation since the Turin Games in 2006, with 7 Scottish athletes within the ParalympicsGB team.

Having won the bronze medal at the Sochi Games, Great Britain’s wheelchair curlers will be among the favourites for the gold medal in PyeongChang. Scots Aileen Neilson (skip), Gregor Ewan, Robert McPherson, Angie Malone MBE and Hugh Nibloe face a difficult opening match against Norway in the round robin section with the medal matches scheduled for the 17^th March.

Glasgow’s Brett Wilde will compete in PyeongChang as guide to Millie Knight with their confidence high following medal success at the 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships. The duo will compete in the Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super-G, Super Combined and Downhill.

ParalympicsGB will also be represented in the sport of Para-Nordic skiing for the first time since 1998 with the news that Scotland’s Scott Meenagh has been selected to compete in both the biathlon and the cross country events in PyeongChang.

The opening ceremony for the PyeongChang Games will take place on the 9^th March and in the lead up to the Games, SDS will be profiling all the Scots on the ParalympicsGB team. There will also be regular updates during the Games on this site and on social media so keep your eyes peeled.