beginnings to a new age of technological innovations. paralympic sport has come a long way. record numbers watched the london and rio summer games. now the winter paralympians are starting to make their mark, too. sochi 2014 was undoubtedly the biggest winter paralympics to date. from a british perspective, britain at least dazzled, winning six medals. that was four years after drawing a blank in vancouver. but will that be good and of the podium places in pyeongchang? jade hetherington was one of briton‘s biggest success stories, securing four of gb‘s six medals. but she has since retired. her paralympic team mate kelly gallagher is still competing. in 2014 she claimed britain s first ever winter paralympic gold and continues to win medals. a heavy crash in training for this year s world championships ended her season early. but she is determined to return stronger than ever. you tend to fall a lot in skiing, you are pushing yourself to the limit, it was a real accident.
in south korea, nick hope takes a look at paralympics gb‘s leading medal prospects and the events to watch out for in the path to pyeongchang. from rather basic beginnings to a new age of technological innovations. paralympic sport has come a long way. record numbers watched the london and rio summer games. now the winter paralympians are starting to make their mark, too. sochi 2014 was undoubtedly the biggest winter paralympics to date. from a british perspective, britain at least dazzled, winning six medals. that was four years after drawing a blank in vancouver. but will that be good enough the podium places in pyeongchang? jade hetherington was one of briton‘s biggest success stories, securing four of gb‘s six medals. but she has since retired. her paralympic team mate kelly gallagher is still competing. in 2014, she claimed britain s first ever winter paralympic gold and continues to win medals. a heavy crash in training for this year s world championships ended he
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