Source: Radio New Zealand
Corey Peters NZL celebrates on the podium after winning gold in the Men’s Downhill Sitting Para Alpine Skiing, 2022 Winter Paralympic Games. Joel Marklund for OIS / PHOTOSPORT
Wānaka para-skier Corey Peters is in good form as he heads towards his fourth Paralympics in the new year.
Peters has won a Downhill World Cup race in Italy following up his second place finish in the first leg of the double-header on the same course at Santa Caterina yesterday.
The result marks Peters’ third Downhill World Cup win, his sixth Downhill World Cup podium and a 21st World Cup podium of his career.
“It feels absolutely amazing. All the hard work and dedication from myself and the rest of the team is paying off,” Peters said.
“These wins certainly don’t come easy, so I’m just really stoked.
“Conditions weren’t the greatest for Downhill with snow and rain making visibility and snowpack far from ideal, but I had a good plan tactically and mentally and stuck to the process.”
The competition was with Peters just three-hundredths of a second ahead of Dutch skier Jeroen Kamperschreur.
Andrew Kurka of the USA was third.
Corey Peters winning the Men’s Downhill Sitting Para Alpine Skiing. Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games. Simon Bruty for OIS / PHOTOSPORT
“These World Cup wins are getting harder every year I compete, it’s just such small margins between the competition,” Peters said.
“My confidence is growing but I’ll continue to take it one day at a time and not get ahead of myself. The season has just begun so there’s still a lot of racing between now and Cortina.”
Peters is the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games Champion in the Downhill.
This double-header event marks his return to the Downhill start gate as he prepares for his fourth Paralympics in Milano Cortina in March next year.
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