Britain to raise Winter Paralympic targets after finishing Games with solitary medal

Neil Simpson’s skiing silver the only podium finish

ParalympicsGB failed to reach two-five medal target

UK Sport is set to raise performance targets for the next Winter Paralympics after Great Britain returned from Milano-Cortina with only a single silver medal.

ParalympicsGB failed to hit a reduced target of two to five medals in Italy, with only Neil Simpson making the podium following a second-placed finish in the men’s visually impaired alpine combination skiing. On Sunday Simpson did not finish either of his runs in the VI slalom, putting a final end to hopes of further success.

UK Sport determines public funding for Olympic and Paralympic sport and their director of performance, Dr Kate Baker, said there was pride to be taken from many performances at the Games. However, she said questions would also have to be asked over the future direction of the British winter Paralympic programme.