Corey Peters says in the above video,
"Sit skiing gives you that freedom to go 120 kms an-hour down a mountain."
Wow! 120km/h!!!
He was a silver medalist at Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics in his Men’s Giant Slalom.
He was paralysed in a motocross accident in 2009.
He says in the video,
"There's a lot of similarities between motocross and mono-skiing."
and explains why.
Adam Hall, a Kiwi Gold Medalist in Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics, says,
"Corey would be the fastest, progressing athlete that the sport has ever seen."
Watch the video (less than 2 minutes) and find out more about Corey Peters and his skiing!
About his first medal at PyeongChang 2018,
read the following news article at Paralympics New Zealand.
Corey Peters wins New Zealand’s first medal at PyeongChang 2018
http://paralympics.org.nz/News/corey-peters-wins-new-zealands-first-medal-at-pyeongchang-2018
He just won a bronze medal in the Men’s Downhill Sitting on the first day of competition at the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games!
(By the way, a silver medal in the Men’s Downhill Sitting went to a Japanese Paralympian, Taika Morii. He is in the video in my previous post: A cool video of three Alpine skiers / Paralympic medalists.)
His favoured Sochi-2014-silver-medal-winning Men’s Giant Slalom, is yet to come!
Gooooo Corey Peters!!!
Bring a Gold Medal for New Zealand!!!