| Venue: Beijing, China Dates: 4-13 March Time in Beijing: GMT +8 |
The first medal of the Beijing Winter Paralympics was won by skier Millie Knight.
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Knight and Wild won a bronze in the visually-impaired downhill.
Knight said that he was just thinking to find the seconds, do anything you can to go faster, it doesn't matter if you're scared.
Four years ago, Knight and Wild won the silver medal in the downhill at theYanqing National Alpine Centre and put in a solid run on the opening day.
Henrieta Farkasova of Slovakia won her third gold medal in a row.
The host nation of China earned its first-ever individual Winter Paralympics medal with a silver medal won by Zhu Daqing.
One of Menna Fitzpatrick's weaker events was fifth with guide Gary Smith.
This bronze is something very special for Knight, who is competing in her third Games. It is above our silver four years ago.
We have gone through some tough things and it has changed us.
I wanted to do it for him because of his belief and confidence in me, my family friends and sponsors.
Our number one goal was to cross the line with a smile on my face. We didn't think we were at the level that would get us a medal.
I feel like I'm on cloud nine and I can't believe that this is happening to us.
They will race in the super-G on Sunday.
In the men's visually-impaired event, Neil Simpson was guided by his brother Andrew and finished seventh in a race won by 16-year-old Austrian Johannes Aigner.
James Whitley had a best-ever ninth place finish in the men's standing division.
Scott Meenagh claimed his first top 10 finish in the men's sprint seated event at his second Games, when he finished ninth.
One minute and 43 seconds after the gold medal was won by Liu Zixu of China, Meenagh was one minute and 43 seconds behind him.
Steve Arnold was unable to take part in the event after testing positive for Covid-19 prior to his departure for China.
The 32-year-old, who was set to make his Games debut in China, will remain in the UK and work with the ParalympicsGB medical team while all options are assessed.
The man who lost his legs while serving in Afghanistan was entered in six events at the Games.
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