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.

“It really inspires us, when you remember that shot,” the 46-year-old from East Kilbride said.

“Rhona and the team coming back with the gold is something we’d like to emulate.

“It’s certainly raised the profile of curling and hopefully we can continue to raise the profile of wheelchair curling.

“It would be a dream come true for all of us and that’s what we’ve been working hard on, not just in the last year but since we’ve started wheelchair curling.

“Ultimately that would be our dream and our goal and we’ll certainly be working hard to do our best to achieve that.”

The hard work extends to the ice technicians at the team’s Stirling training base.

They have been trying to replicate the ice conditions Neilson and her team — Gregor Ewan, Hugh Nibloe, Robert McPherson and Angie Malone — will experience at the Gangneung Curling Centre.

“You get the ice with different varieties of swing, different speeds,” Neilson added.

“In a game of curling it’s the team that gets to grips with the ice quickest that are generally going to do well.

“It’s good to play in different ice conditions, being on the ice and reading the ice to play the shots that are required.”

Team GB’s Olympics curling teams finished short of the medal places, with Eve Muirhead’s women’s squad fourth and Kyle Smith’s men’s squad fifth.

Neilson added: “We have to make sure we’re on our A game, right from the first stone.”

Britain will be represented by 17 athletes in Pyeongchang, in Para-alpine skiing, Para-snowboard, wheelchair curling and Para-Nordic skiing.