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Neilson has eye on ‘stone of destiny’ in Pyeongchang wheelchair curling
Team GB's Curlers (left to right) Gregor Ewan, Hugh Nibloe, Aileen Neilson, Robert McPherson and Angie Malone
From Barry McGuigan and Carl Frampton to Tyrone McKenna and Lewis Crocker, the city’s fighters carry a complex history into the ring, writes JOHN WIGHT
AILEEN NEILSON said today that she is aiming to keep her cool when the pressure is on and deliver a stone of destiny and Paralympics curling gold in Pyeongchang.
Neilson’s rink took wheelchair curling bronze at the Sochi 2014 Games.
But, inspired by Rhona Martin’s last-stone heroics of 16 years ago at the Salt Lake City Olympics and the shot known as “The Stone of Destiny,” Neilson hopes for better in Pyeongchang.
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