New Zealand Paralympians Adam Hall. Photo / Getty Images.
New Zealand skiers Adam Hall and Corey Peters had to settle for a frustrating pair of fourth place finishes at the Paralympics in Sochi today.
Added to another fourth for New Plymouth's Carl Murphy a few hours earlier in the snowboard cross it made for a day of so near
yet so far for the New Zealand trio, who were chasing the country's first medal at these Winter Games.
Hall was fourth going into the Super G run today, the postponed second part of the Super Combined standing event.
The Otago competitor, a slalom standing gold medallist in Vancouver four years ago, managed the fifth best Super G time, 1min 21.36s, to end up just .22s behind Australian bronze medallist Toby Kane overall. Hall was sandwiched by Aussies, as he held off Mitchell Gourley by .74s.
Talented 16-year-old Russian Alexey Bugaev won his second gold of the Games, recording a combined score of 2min 09.72s over the slalom and Super G runs.
