18 The Week Junior • 19 March 2022
Sport
T
he Winter Paralympics closed on 13 March with Great
Britain winning six medals, including one gold, during
the 10-day snow and ice sporting event in Beijing, China.
The home nation came top of the medals table, picking up
18 golds, 20 silvers and 23 bronzes and finishing with 61.
The Winter Paralympics take place every four years and
include different types of skiing, snowboarding, ice hockey
and curling for women and men with disabilities. Team GB’s
gold was won by Neil Simpson from Scotland in the men’s
vision-impaired super-G skiing. Simpson was guided on the
slopes by his brother, Andrew, and it’s only the third time
Britain has won a gold medal at the Winter Paralympics since
it started in 1976.Ollie Hill, from Reading in England, came third in the
banked slalom snowboard competition. It is the first time
a British person has won a medal in snowboarding at the
Paralympics. Menna Fitzpatrick from Macclesfield, England,
celebrated being Team GB’s most successful Winter
Paralympian. She won a silver and bronze in skiing, taking
her medal collection to six after winning four medals at the
2018 Winter Paralympics.
Norway’s Jesper Pedersen won the most golds of
any para-athlete in Beijing – with four in skiing events.
Canadian Brian McKeever picked up three golds in skiing
to equal the overall men’s record of 16 gold medals at the
Winter Paralympics.GE
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On 12 March, the cross country
runners were crowned
overall champions in the British
Athletic Cross Challenge for the
under-13s category.Australian Women’s
cricket team
They enjoyed an impressive win
by 141 runs over New Zealand at
the Women’s Cricket World Cup.Ice-cool numbers
THE WEEK’S WINNERS... Andy Murray
The British tennis player won
his 700th match on the ATP
(Association of Tennis
Professionals) Tour with a
win at the Indian Wells
tournament in California, US.Cristiano Ronaldo
He scored a hat-trick (three
goals) as Manchester United
beat Tottenham 3-2 in the
Premier League. It’s the 59th
hat-trick of his career.1
The number of guide dogs
presented with medals.
Riley, guide dog for Austrian
skier Carina Edlinger, was
given a special award.78
The number of events at
the Winter Paralympics.
More than 560 para-athletes
took part.24
The number of Winter
Paralympians in Team
GB, with 13 competing at the
Paralympics for the first time.2026
The next Winter
Paralympics in
2026 will be held in Italy.Paralympians celebrate medal success
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hockey gold on the final day.Menna
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