The Para-snowboarders are again in motion for his or her second occasion – the banked slalom.
Athletes race in opposition to the clock down a winding course with tight turns. Every athlete has two runs and the perfect decides their remaining rating.
Nina Sparks will create historical past as Britain’s first feminine Paralympic snowboarder within the ladies’s LL2 occasion, which begins the day with run one from 09:00 and run two from 10:50.
Ollie Hill gained Britain’s first Paralympic medal within the sport with bronze on this occasion 4 years in the past, and he’ll go once more within the males’s LL2 (Decrease Limb) occasion from 10:06 and 11:56.
Compatriot James Barnes-Miller, who was ninth in Beijing, will goal to problem for a medal within the males’s UL (higher limb) occasion however Chinese language riders will once more be those to look at (09:22 and 11:12).
Briton Matt Hamilton makes his Video games debut in the identical division whereas Davy Zyw, who’s regarded as the primary snowsport athlete with motor neurone illness (MND) to compete on the Video games, is scheduled to be in motion in his second occasion.
The ladies’s Para-Alpine snowboarding programme involves an finish with the slalom throughout the three divisions – visually impaired, standing and seated – with run one beginning at 08:00 and run two from 12:00.
Briton Menna Fitzpatrick narrowly missed out on a medal on this occasion in Beijing, ending fourth as Austria’s Veronika Aigner beat older sister Barbara.
Aigner might be favorite to retain her crown however might want to get the higher of the likes of compatriot Elina Stary, who leads the World Cup standings, Italy’s Chiara Mazzel and Alexandra Rexova of Slovakia.
Briton Hester Poole goes within the second of her two occasions with information Ali Corridor, with {the teenager} hoping to achieve extra expertise of top-level competitors.
Within the seated division, Germany’s Anna-Lena Forster will hope to energy her approach to a 3rd title in a row within the occasion however faces two robust Chinese language rivals in Wenjing Zhang – the 2022 silver medallist – and Sitong Liu.
The wheelchair curling match involves its climax with the combined workforce remaining at 14:05.
4 years in the past, China retained their title after they beat Sweden 8-3 on house soil. Will they make it three in a row?
