The British mixed wheelchair curling team suffered a 5-4 defeat to 2022 Winter Paralympic bronze medalists Canada in the third round-robin match in Milan-Cortina.
The team of Karen Aspey, Austin McKenzie, Stewart Pimblett and Hugh Nibloe led 4-2 going into the final but were unable to execute the final stone and Canada, who had the final stone advantage, took the three they needed to secure victory.
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In the para-snowboarding competition, Great Britain’s Davy Zyw fell during the UL (upper body) heat of the snowboarding cross and was taken to hospital as a precaution.
The 38-year-old from Edinburgh is believed to be the first snow athlete with motor neurone disease to compete at the Olympics.
Teammate James Barnes-Miller paid the price for a poor start to the quarter-finals of the same division, failing to advance.
“I messed up from the start,” he told BBC Sport. “I tried to catch up but I messed up in the other corner. It wasn’t the cleanest, which is a shame because I qualified well yesterday and felt good in practice.”
Zyw hopes to compete in tilt slalom later in the show [Getty Images]
Scott Meenagh finished a distant 18th in the men’s parabiathlon individual seated event, more than eight minutes behind Chinese gold medalist Liu Zixu.
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In curling, Great Britain lost to Slovakia before a dramatic overtime victory over the United States on Saturday, with early concerns over a problem with the brakes on Austin McKenzie’s wheelchair, forcing a technical timeout.
After a scoreless first game, the British team took the lead with a steal in the second game, but Canada scored in the third and fourth games, with the latter taking a 2-1 lead with a steal.
Great Britain tied the game in the fifth, but despite four scoring stones in the bottom of the sixth, Canada captain Mark Ideson dropped a well-placed stone on the final stone to ensure Great Britain only led 3-2.
The seventh game saw errors on both sides, but Ederson’s last stone wasn’t enough, allowing GB to steal a ball heading into the final game to take a 4-2 lead, but their opponents had the final stone advantage.
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Under pressure, Niblo failed to find the target with his final stone and Canada showed their class to earn their second of two wins.
Great Britain will continue their mixed team action against South Korea on Monday (08:35 GMT), while the mixed doubles pair of Joe Butterfield and Jason Keane will look to stay in the semi-finals when they take on unbeaten China at 13:35 on Sunday.
