British duo Menna Fitzpatrick and Jen Kehoe win Paralympic gold in visually-impaired slalom

Menna Fitzpatrick and guide Jen Kehoe won gold for Great Britain in the women’s visually-impaired slalom at the Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang.

Fitzpatrick and Kehoe already had two silvers and a bronze in their collection but went one better on the South Korean snow as they edged out the Slovakian pair of Henrieta Farkasova and Natalia Subrtova by 0.66 seconds.

In the process the pair became Britain’s most successful-ever Winter Paralympians and won a first gold of the Games for Team GB.

“I felt that we skied really well. We went for it and as soon Jen said go for it, we flew down that last bit,” Fitzpatrick said.

“We were trying to keep it together on the medal podium because it was hugely emotional,” Kehoe added. “It's unbelievable to win a gold medal and it is beyond our wildest dreams.”

Millie Knight and Brett Wild took bronze in the race having already won silvers in the downhill and super-G.