GREAT BRITAIN snowboarder Davy Zyw crashed out of his snowboard cross SB-UL pre-heat run today at the Winter Paralympics in Cortina.Zyw, who became the first snowsport athlete with motor neurone disease to compete at the Games, was looking for a place in the quarter-final but was unable to finish his snowboard cross pre-heat after crashing.His team-mate James Barnes-Miller finished fourth in the same snowboard category quarter-final.Great Britain suffered a dramatic 5-4 defeat to Canada in the mixed wheelchair curling.

GREAT BRITAIN snowboarder Davy Zyw crashed out of his snowboard cross SB-UL pre-heat run today at the Winter Paralympics in Cortina.

Zyw, who became the first snowsport athlete with motor neurone disease to compete at the Games, was looking for a place in the quarter-final but was unable to finish his snowboard cross pre-heat after crashing.

His team-mate James Barnes-Miller finished fourth in the same snowboard category quarter-final.

Great Britain suffered a dramatic 5-4 defeat to Canada in the mixed wheelchair curling.

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