Courageous Kirsty Muir’s teenage tricks right through the night gave her Covid-struck and housebound dad Jim plenty to cheer about back in the UK.
While Muir, 17, was landing devilishly difficult jumps to finish fifth in the inaugural women’s Big Air final in Zhangjiakou, 60-year-old oil worker Jim was glued to the screen at 2am in Aberdeen.
Never mind not being able to travel to Beijing due to the virus, the family of Team GB’s youngest Winter Olympian in China were unable to even watch together at home with brother Jimmy also isolating upstairs while negative sister Fiona and mum Kim kept their distance below.
