"Ben is an athlete who everyone has seen in the last couple of weeks is not only a champion athlete, obviously he's done amazingly well, but he's also a pretty amazing Australian," McLoughlin said.
The fifth sit-skier down the course, Tait got off to a rapid start, trailing eventual gold medallist, New Zealand's Corey Peters, by just 0.17 seconds early before losing control and spinning out on a turn.
Pepe did not return for the second half but Paqueta opened the scoring just before the hour mark when he steered the ball into the bottom corner, http://tr.esportics.site with VAR overturning an offside call in the build-up.
"Athletes transfer sports for a variety of reasons, including a different opportunity that might not have existed or no longer exists in their current sport, but they still feel like they've got something else to give," Paralympics Australia's head of para sports Tim Matthews told AAP.
Pezaro said the IPC were "understanding" and felt sorry for Vaspi but couldn't change things, while the disappointed skier had been aware for some time inclement weather could affect her schedule.
With the Games set to close on Sunday, PyeongChang dual bronze medallist and co-captain Melissa Perrine now shapes as Australia's best remaining medal prospect when she competes in Saturday's women's vision impaired slalom, her last-ever race.
The former Bolton Wanderers man thumped the ball into the top corner with his weaker right foot before charging off to celebrate - only to be devastated to see it ruled out.
Debutants Josh Hanlon (sixth in slalom, 11th in giant slalom) and Rae Anderson (seventh in slalom, 10th in giant slalom) gave glimpses of potential for Milano-Cortina 2026, while Tudhope is still just 22.
Veteran Mitch Gourley lamented poor execution after he finished 20th in his final Paralympic men's standing downhill event, the morning after he was one of Australia's opening ceremony flagbearers.
"And growing up as a disabled kid, you're always kind of sheltered, from teachers at school (though) my parents weren't too bad at sheltering me, they always let me do my own thing, hurt myself and pick myself back up again.
Outgoing veteran Mitch Gourley recorded Australia's best result, finishing 10th in the men's standing giant slalom after an error in his second run cost him his shot at a fairytale podium finish in his fourth and final Games.
The 22-year-old star sat fourth for most of the race but pulled off a late burst to finish third behind 'Team Unicorn' teammate and PyeongChang gold medallist Matti Suur-Hamari of Finland and the United States' Garrett Geros in Monday's SB-LL2 Big Final.
Hanlon, 24, underlined his potential when he finished 11th in the men's sitting giant slalom in his first day of competition in Yanqing, less than three years after the former footballer first took on sit-skiing.
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The fifth sit-skier down the course, Tait got off to a rapid start, trailing eventual gold medallist, New Zealand's Corey Peters, by just 0.17 seconds early before losing control and spinning out on a turn.
Pepe did not return for the second half but Paqueta opened the scoring just before the hour mark when he steered the ball into the bottom corner, http://tr.esportics.site with VAR overturning an offside call in the build-up.
"Athletes transfer sports for a variety of reasons, including a different opportunity that might not have existed or no longer exists in their current sport, but they still feel like they've got something else to give," Paralympics Australia's head of para sports Tim Matthews told AAP.
Pezaro said the IPC were "understanding" and felt sorry for Vaspi but couldn't change things, while the disappointed skier had been aware for some time inclement weather could affect her schedule.
With the Games set to close on Sunday, PyeongChang dual bronze medallist and co-captain Melissa Perrine now shapes as Australia's best remaining medal prospect when she competes in Saturday's women's vision impaired slalom, her last-ever race.
The former Bolton Wanderers man thumped the ball into the top corner with his weaker right foot before charging off to celebrate - only to be devastated to see it ruled out.
Debutants Josh Hanlon (sixth in slalom, 11th in giant slalom) and Rae Anderson (seventh in slalom, 10th in giant slalom) gave glimpses of potential for Milano-Cortina 2026, while Tudhope is still just 22.
Veteran Mitch Gourley lamented poor execution after he finished 20th in his final Paralympic men's standing downhill event, the morning after he was one of Australia's opening ceremony flagbearers.
"And growing up as a disabled kid, you're always kind of sheltered, from teachers at school (though) my parents weren't too bad at sheltering me, they always let me do my own thing, hurt myself and pick myself back up again.
Outgoing veteran Mitch Gourley recorded Australia's best result, finishing 10th in the men's standing giant slalom after an error in his second run cost him his shot at a fairytale podium finish in his fourth and final Games.
The 22-year-old star sat fourth for most of the race but pulled off a late burst to finish third behind 'Team Unicorn' teammate and PyeongChang gold medallist Matti Suur-Hamari of Finland and the United States' Garrett Geros in Monday's SB-LL2 Big Final.
Hanlon, 24, underlined his potential when he finished 11th in the men's sitting giant slalom in his first day of competition in Yanqing, less than three years after the former footballer first took on sit-skiing.
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