Gold For Team Gb

[joggerjayne]

As flagged up by Sandy ...

Para GOLD for Team GB !!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/26504413

What an amazing achievement.

And a Bronze for Jade Etherington, who already has a Silver.

[joggerjayne]

Just watched it on telly.

It's so scary.

[Ellipsis]

Yes, fantastic, and quite touching watching her belt out the National Anthem. You realise what a big deal it is when it occurs to you that it's the first time it's been played at the Winter Paralympics ...

[Tilly2]

Fantastic achievement! Well done to both her and her guide. Brilliant.

[joggerjayne]

The thought of going down those slopes with a tiny percentage of normal vision is scary. The telly gives you no impression of how steep it is.

[Cloverjo]

They are incredibly brave.
Watching the amputees skiing earlier, I was amazed by their incredible balance and movement on just one leg, and some with just one arm. Just astonishing.

[mushroom25]

I have trouble feeling the direction of the slope when the light is a bit flat. skiing at downhill speeds when your sight is impaired sounds downright scary.

a brilliant feat by both pairs.

[beejay1124]

and she is from Norn Iron too
waahaay!!

[joggerjayne]

Mushers, that seems to happen towards the end of every afternoon.

A few vino caldos puts things right.

:0)

[mushroom25]

a year or two back, a few of us stopped in a mountain bar one afternoon to listen to the live band who were on. we had a few jagertees. the band were good. we had a few more. we missed the last cable car. more jagertee. then time to go. trouble was, we'd all forgotten how to ski......