Kiwi Super-G skier Corey Peters told 1News his performance didn't live up to what he expected for his fourth Winter Paralympics, after finishing at 1:15:42 – nearly two seconds off the podium times.
"After the results in Beijing, I had high expectations of coming away with more medals for New Zealand, and for myself. So yeah, anything less than medals is a little disappointing."
The 42-year-old said he'd gotten his approach wrong for the Super-G sitting event in Cortina.
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"I probably didn't attack the line as much as I probably should have today, I probably skied a little bit too conservative in sections and at this level, you just can't get away with that."
His final Games?
The sit-skier has four Paralympic medals already, and has now indicated this will be his last time representing New Zealand at this level.
"It's probably unlikely that I would go another four years to another Games, so this probably would be my last Paralympics Games," he said.
Peters, who still has the Giant Slalom to come on Friday night, said he hoped to continue for at least a year on the World Cup circuit and said he was proud of what he'd achieved in his successful career.
Super-G crash
One of the Super-G medal hopefuls, Sweden's Aaron Lindstroem, had a horror crash in his run, losing control after clipping a gate and landing heavily before sliding into the barriers.
He spent several minutes lying on the snow before managing to sit up and then was stretchered off the course.
The Para alpine event was won by Dutch skier Jeroen Kampschreur, who pushed aside his disappointing did not finish (DNF) result in the men's downhill, to record a blistering time of 1:13:08.
Norway's Jesper Pedersen picked up silver with 1:13:80, while American Andrew Kurka was third.
Super-G is slightly slower than the downhill event with gates closer together meaning more frequent and tighter turns.
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