Overview
- Davy Zyw, 38, finished 18th in the men’s SB-UL snowboard cross seeding on his Paralympic debut in Cortina d’Ampezzo.
- He is reported to be the first Winter Paralympic athlete to compete with motor neurone disease, following his 2018 diagnosis.
- Zyw said he wants to use the spotlight to help drive a cure for MND, describing his journey as a “tragic beauty.”
- He expects to race in pre-heats on finals day in snowboard cross and continues to target his best possible runs against a world-class field.
- Earlier in the week he walked away from a training crash, with subsequent sessions halted after multiple rider hospitalisations; he has also raised £150,000 for MND research and joined a Sheffield University twin study.