Visually
impaired skier Kelly Gallagher and her guide Charlotte Evans secured their
second medal of the World Championships in Spain with silver in the Super-G.
Gallagher, who finished fourth at the 2010 Vancouver Paralympics, came third in the
downhill event on Wednesday . "I'm delighted to take silver to add to
yesterday's bronze," said Northern Ireland native Gallagher. "To take gold at
some point would be a dream."
There was also a bronze medal at La Molina for team-mate Jade Etherington and
her new guide John Clark. "I'm delighted for my team-mate Jade," added
Gallagher. "She's had a difficult season and did really well today."
Etherington has an impressive record of 27 medals from
29 races, but had been struggling to find a guide in recent months. The
21-year-old had only managed two training runs with her new partner before the
competition.
Clark is a former British international skier and world speed record holder.
He has had stints coaching Olympian Alain Baxter, the GB snowboard team and,
recently, the British Paralympic hopeful Heather Mills.
"[The race] was really exciting," said Etherington. "Me and my guide John
Clark were kind of using this World Championships as a trial. We haven't been
skiing that long together - it's only been two days. But it was the Super-G so
we thought we'd try it out and we managed a bronze medal, so [I'm] happy about
that."
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Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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