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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Mark Staniforth

Kirsty Muir relishing crack at second Winter Olympics after serious knee injury

Kirsty Muir has overcome injury and is targeting a place at her second Winter Olympics (Andrew Milligan/PA) - (PA Archive)

Kirsty Muir starred as Great Britain’s youngest competitor at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing before jetting straight home to finish her Highers at school just outside Aberdeen.

Then aged just 17, the freestyle skier had dazzled on her debut, reaching the finals of both her events and placing fifth in the women’s Big Air competition, behind the all-conquering Chinese superstar Eileen Gu.

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