Paralympians competing at curling triples

Two medal-winning heroes of the 2014 Winter Olympics are taking part in this week’s seventh Highland Wheelchair Curling Triples in Inverness.

Paralympians Jim Gault and Gregor Ewan, part of the bronze-winning GB team in Russia four years ago, top the billing at Inverness Ice Centre.

Adding further quality to what is a popular date on the sport’s calendar is Bellshill counterpart Jim Sellar, part of the GB team who finished seventh in the Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010.

In all, the three-day event, which finishes today, has attracted 27 curlers of different ages and abilities from as far south as Newcastle, with three teams in attendance from England’s Northern Ice.

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