Turney left empty-handed after pinnacle of her career

The Warwick 34-year-old did well to to even post a time after a slip during her first run in the sit-ski giant slalom finale and then made amends with an excellent second run.

Her combined time of 3min 20.76sec was good enough for eighth - her third top-ten finish of the week after coming fourth in the super-G and sixth in the slalom.

And after her final race of her second Winter Paralympics, Turney admitted while the results have not gone her way she thoroughly enjoyed her time in Russia.

“I knew I had shanked it in the first run but I managed to get my head back together and ski a good run second time around,” said Turney. “It was a bit ragged but it was quite fast.

“The results haven’t really gone my way and at times I was unlucky but it was very disappointing to crash in the downhill when I was in line for a medal and then again in the super-G to just miss out.

“I made mistakes but I went all out and the Games are really the pinnacle of my career so far so I guess all I could do was go for it.”

Turney, now a sit-skiing veteran of two Winter Paralympics after competing in Vancouver in 2010, was not sure what the future held for her on the slopes after the Games.

But she admitted the prospect of going to PyeongChang in four years time in search of an elusive medal is something she would love to do.

“I have been working towards this for years now so for the meantime I am just going to go home and see my husband but we will see if I continue.

“It would be amazing to go again in four years time but I don’t know if that is possible or not.”

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