Skiing is very much alive in the Canadian ski resort of
Whistler, which is hosting international athletes taking part in the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Games.
Host nation Canada continues to pick up awards after winning a record amount of medals during the main Winter Olympics, with the latest coming courtesy of Paralympic sit-skier Colette Bourgonje.
The 48-year-old athlete from Saskatchewan bagged a silver medal for the ten kilometre cross country sit-ski competition, landing Canada its first Paralympics medal on home soil.
Meanwhile, taking place today (March 19th) is the Men's Super-G, which will feature the visually impaired, standing and sitting competitions, all of which are medal events.
On the home front, Great Britain's wheelchair curling team finished in sixth place after a mixed set of results in the round-robin tournament from which they exited after going down 7-6 against Sweden.
Team boss Tom Pendreigh told the BBC: "You need a bit of luck and we were unlucky" in both the games against Sweden and the US, which went to the last stone.
Written by Chris Smith.
