{"id":64644,"date":"2022-03-15T15:12:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T15:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=64644"},"modified":"2022-03-15T15:13:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T15:13:10","slug":"how-did-wales-paralympian-do-in-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/03\/15\/how-did-wales-paralympian-do-in-beijing\/","title":{"rendered":"How did Wales’ only Paralympian perform in Beijing?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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THE Beijing Paralympic Games came to an end this week, as Team Great Britain made room in their luggage to bring back six medals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With their tally of one gold, one silver, and four bronze medals Team GB finished 14th<\/sup> in the medal table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve Thomas, 45, of Barry, was part of that team and competed in his sixth Paralympic Games, and in his third separate sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially, he sailed, from the Summer Paralympics in Athens in 2004 until Rio 2016. Then he switched to ice sledge hockey at the Winter Games in Turin 2006, before Nordic skiing in Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve said: \u201cIt felt amazing to be on the start line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a pretty quick journey over the last three years, to go from novice to Paralympian in a different sport has been fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was one of Team GB\u2019s five strong Nordic skiing team and alongside the men\u2019s 4×2.5km relay, he competed in the cross-country sprint and middle-distance events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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