Historic Fourth Sochi Paralympic Medal for Jade Etherington
Historic Fourth Sochi Paralympic Medal for Jade Etherington
Published : 14-Mar-2014 01:31
Jade Etherington, the visually-impaired skier and her guide Caroline Powell have today become the most successful British women in Winter Paralympic history after winning a fourth medal at the Sochi Games.
Their tally takes them past a 30 year-old record set by ice sledge speed racer Denise Smith, who won three silvers medals at the Innsbruck Games of 1984.
The pair won silver in the super combined on Friday. They trailed Russian athlete Aleksandra Frantceva by 3.12 seconds after the slalom, reducing the gap to 0.63 seconds in today's Super-G stage.
"It was a really tough run but we really went for it over the jumps and carried a really good line throughout the different parts of the course and made up a couple of seconds," Etherington told BBC Sport.
The medal was Etherington's third silver after taking the same position in the Downhill last Saturday and the slalom on Wednesday. She also won bronze in the super-G on Tuesday.
Etherington and Powell have a chance to win a fifth medal competing in Sunday's giant slalom.
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