James Whitley finished 10th in the slalom and Great Britain team-mate Scott Meenagh came home 14th in the cross-country skiing on the eighth and penultimate day of the Winter Paralympics.

Whitley was 11th after his first run but the 20-year-old edged into the top 10 with his second, recording a combined time of one minute and 44.41 seconds.

It was Whitley’s second Paralympics and, after competing in five events in Pyeongchang with two 10th-placed finishes, two 11th placings and one 22nd result, he will head to the 2022 Beijing Winter Games with optimism.

He said: “I’m really pleased. I would have loved to have gone a bit deeper in the top 10 but overall I am really happy to come out and have finished all five races and had some good results in the process, so the hard work has paid off.

“I think these Games show where I can improve and what I need to do going forward in training looking ahead to Beijing 2022.”

Meenagh signed off in South Korea with a 14th-placed finish in the 7.5km sitting cross-country – his sixth event in Pyeongchang.

Scott Meenagh
Great Britain’s Scott Meenagh competes in the men’s 7.5km sitting cross-country at the Winter Paralympics (Adam Davy/PA)

His time of 25mins 17.5secs in the cross-country was almost three minutes behind gold medal winner Sin Eui-hyun of South Korea, but former soldier Meenagh hopes to be able to close that gap in the coming years.

The 28-year-old said: “I’m going to endeavour over the next few years to make sure I am as close to the best guys as possible in every single race.

“I am seeing what it takes to be at the top of this sport and I am inspired for life now and I am not going anywhere until I have given an absolute account of myself and I am on that podium.”

Great Britain head into the final day of competition having won five medals in Pyeongchang, with four silver and one bronze.