Adam Hall's ambition to win back-to-back slalom Paralympic medals were dashed in Sochi today.
Hall, who won gold in the standing slalom discipline at Vancouver four years ago, finished seventh in the two-run event in Russia.
Dunedin skier Hall clocked a combined time of 1min 44.25s, 5.28s behind winner, 16-year-oldRussian Alexey Bugaev. Suffering the effects of a stomach upset since Thursday morning Hall struggled to find his top form.
Bugaev, who has now won a full set in Sochi - after winning silver in the downhill and bronze in the Super G - recorded 1:38.97, to head off France's Vincent Gauthier-Manuel (1:40.24) and another Russian, Alexander Alyabyev (1:40.74).
Hall was 3.02s off the fastest first run time and was seventh, but had the fifth best second run time.
There were 42 starters in the field, 35 of whom finished the second run.
New Zealand's other skier in Sochi, New Plymouth's Corey Peters, failed to finish in the sitting slalom event.
He posted a first run time of 59.95s, which had him 16th in the field of 26. However he missed a gate on his second run, when well out of the medal frame.
