Gb Win Opener At Inaugural Women's World Championships

Great Britain made history by winning their opening crippled astatine Para-ice hockey's inaugural Women's World Championships.

Felicity Gregory scored doubly successful a 2-1 triumph complete Team World, either broadside of a onslaught by Akari Fukunishi of Japan - 1 of 9 nationalities represented successful her squad astatine nan tourney successful Slovakia.

GB play their adjacent Group B round-robin crippled against Canada connected Thursday.

The United States, Norway and Australia dress up Group A astatine nan World Championships, which besides features an all-female officiating crew.

While Para-ice lucky is simply a mixed sport, only 3 women person ever played astatine a Winter Paralympics - nan sport's pinnacle.

Since nan Beijing 2022 Games, nan sport's world governing assemblage has launched a women's improvement pathway to bring much female athletes connected to nan ice, pinch nan dream of early inclusion astatine nan Paralympics.

In nan 3 years since Beijing, nan proportionality of female to antheral athletes playing nan athletics has risen from little than 1 percent to much than 20 percent.