31 Mar 2022

Paralympian Corey Peters and his journey to gold

From Nine To Noon, 10:18 am on 31 March 2022
Corey Peters of New Zealand holding Shuey Rhon Rhon, mascot of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games in his mouth, celebrates after winning the men's downhill sitting event at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre on March 5, 2022.

Photo: AFP

Corey Peters won gold in the Men's Downhill Sitting event at this year's Winter Paralympics in Beijing- only to win silver less than 24 hours later in the Men's Super-G Sitting event.

This added to his collection of medals, having already won silver and bronze in the previous two winter games.

The 38-year-old was also the flag bearer at this year's closing ceremony.

His achievements at this years Winter Paralympics are particularly remarkable, given he has been unable to compete in a downhill event for two years due to the pandemic.