Winter Paralympics 2026: Neil Simpson and guide Rob Poth win alpine combined silver

Simpson and Poth on winning silver in alpine combined Neil Simpson and his guide Rob Poth won Great Britain's first medal of the Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics with silver in the alpine combined. It is a third Paralympic medal overall for the visually impaired skier, who had recorded two fourth-place finishes earlier in these Games. In the alpine combined, skiers complete a run of both the super G and slalom, with their factored times combined to determine the final standings. Simpson and Poth had sat in fourth after the morning's super G on the iconic Tofane piste, 0.57 seconds short of third place. But in the afternoon's slalom, they recorded the fastest time to move up two places as Canada’s Kalle Ericsson and his guide Sierra Smith fell out of contention. Italy's Giacomo Bertagnolli and guide Andrea Ravelli defended their title from 2022, finishing 0.65 seconds ahead of Simpson and Poth overall, while Austria's Johannes Aigner and Nico Haberl won bronze. "I'm really chuffed with the performance, some good skiing on the second run and we carried out the plan we had," said 23-year-old Simpson, who was born with nystagmus - a condition that causes involuntary eye movements. "The