Kiwi Super-G skier Corey Peters told 1News his performance didn’t live up to what he expected for his fourth Winter Paralympics, after finishing at 1:15:42 – nearly two seconds off the podium times.

“After the results in Beijing, I had high expectations of coming away with more medals for New Zealand, and for myself. So yeah, anything less than medals is a little disappointing.”

The 42-year-old said he’d gotten his approach wrong for the Super-G sitting event in Cortina.

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“I probably didn’t attack the line as much as I probably should have today, I probably skied a little bit too conservative in sections and at this level, you just can’t get away with that.”

His final Games?

The sit-skier has four Paralympic medals already, and has now indicated this will be his last time representing New Zealand at this level.

“It’s probably unlikely that I would go another four years to another Games, so this probably would be my last Paralympics Games,” he said.

Peters, who still has the Giant Slalom to come on Friday night, said he hoped to continue for at least a year on the World Cup circuit and said he was proud of what he’d achieved in his successful career.

“It’s been amazing. From breaking my back, back in 2009, and started skiing in 2012… four Paralympic medals to my name, multiple World Championship medals, crystal globes – it’s been pretty successful and it’s just been a massive journey, I’ve got to travel the world, meet amazing people doing it, those are going to be memories for life.”

Peters said he looked forward to sharing those memories with his young daughter Valentina as she grows older.

“Obviously, something to be proud of and a lot of athletes go through their careers without having the opportunity to compete at the Games or even come home with medals so those are in the bank, so I’m proud of that and it’s taken a lot of hard work and sacrifice and it’s all been worth it in the long run.”

Super-G crash

One of the Super-G medal hopefuls, Sweden’s Aaron Lindström, had a horror crash in his run, losing control after clipping a gate and landing heavily before sliding into the barriers. (Source: TVNZ)

One of the Super-G medal hopefuls, Sweden’s Aaron Lindstroem, had a horror crash in his run, losing control after clipping a gate and landing heavily before sliding into the barriers.

He spent several minutes lying on the snow before managing to sit up and then was stretchered off the course.

The Swedish Parasports Association said Lindstroem sustained a severe concussion, a collapsed lung and was expected to be in hospital for two days.

The Para alpine event was won by Dutch skier Jeroen Kampschreur, who pushed aside his disappointing did not finish (DNF) result in the men’s downhill, to record a blistering time of 1:13:08.

Norway’s Jesper Pedersen picked up silver with 1:13:80, while American Andrew Kurka was third.

Super-G is slightly slower than the downhill event with gates closer together meaning more frequent and tighter turns.

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