Skier Sam Tait has crashed out of the men's downhill sitting as Australia finished its first day of the Winter Paralympics without a medal.
Tait had eyed the downhill, his pet event, as his opportunity to break through for his first Paralympic medal at his second Games, and was a smoky on paper.
The fifth sit-skier down the course, Tait got off to a rapid start, trailing eventual gold medallist, New Zealand's Corey Peters, by just 0.17 seconds early before losing control and spinning out on a turn.
