Team UK bag nine medals as Invictus athletes take to the slopes in Whistler

Team UK have won nine medals, including three gold, on the fourth day of the Invictus Games in Whistler.

Skiers and snowboarders were in action for the first time with five winter sports featuring at the Olympic Park in Whistler.

Spectators enjoyed a continuation of the Skeleton event which began on Tuesday with Team UK's Elizabeth Brown winning gold in the ISK2 Single Run, Carl Ellis winning silver and Richard Galpin winning bronze.

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Brown was the only racer in her category to clock a speed of 100km/h, which she described as her "gold medal moment".

Speaking to BFBS Forces News, she said: "I was being optimistic with 95 [km/h], but 100 was what I wanted but, yeah, that was my gold medal moment that is, breaking the hundred barrier."

It was also a great day for Team UK on the slopes with the Novice events getting underway for the first time.

Kayleigh Pierce took gold in the Women's Novice Alpine Sit Ski event, and Kemsley Whittlesea topped the standings in the Men's Novice Snowboarding.

Whittlesea said: "We've had some brilliant coaches, Kyle [Burgess] who is also going to be competing tomorrow [Wednesday], he's been showing me how to sort of use the size of my board, which we've been doing that this morning and that's really helped to get that time down."

Elsewhere, Jon Howe took silver in the Men's Standing Ski Biathlon, Andrew Allen and Malgorzata Ainsworth won bronze medals in Nordic Cross Country Skiing and Rebecca Preece won bronze in Alpine Skiing.

Speaking to BFBS Forces News, Preece said: "I just can't believe I won [bronze], I never in a million years thought I'd win a medal in Whistler, but here I am!

"I have skied before, but the last time I was on the snow was 17 years ago, so to get back on snow has been amazing."

It was also a particularly good day for Invictus athletes from the United States, who bagged a total of 21 medals on Tuesday in Whistler.

Athletes from Ukraine also enjoyed a strong day on the ice and snow, winning 16 medals as a team.

Wednesday will be the turn of the advanced skiers and snowboarders before the competitions in Whistler draws to a close and the Games return to the city of Vancouver.