GREAT BRITAIN snowboarder Davy Zyw crashed out of his snowboard cross SB-UL pre-heat run today at the Winter Paralympics in Cortina.

Zyw, who became the first snowsport athlete with motor neurone disease to compete at the Games, was looking for a place in the quarter-final but was unable to finish his snowboard cross pre-heat after crashing.

His team-mate James Barnes-Miller finished fourth in the same snowboard category quarter-final.

Great Britain suffered a dramatic 5-4 defeat to Canada in the mixed wheelchair curling.

GB were in charge with the scores at 4-2 heading into the eighth and final end, and neither side had scored more than one point in any end heading into the final stages.

But Canada came up with a huge play and managed to put three stones in scoring positions to edge past Great Britain and condemn them to a second defeat from three.

Scott Meenagh finished 18th in the para biathlon men’s 12.5km individual sitting event in 42:59.9, after accruing five shooting penalties.

The 36-year-old is competing in his third and final Paralympics and after a disappointing sprint on Saturday, he will get another chance to prove himself with the sprint pursuit on Friday.