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Matt Graham finds the right reason to ski after Beijing Winter Olympics heartbreak

As one of Australia's most successful and accomplished winter athletes, two-time Olympic finalist Matt Graham went into the Olympic year with high hopes.

Instead, as Graham told the ABC from his training base in Ruka, the year ended up being "a bit of a write off".

It was injury that cruelled Graham's Olympic challenge, a broken collarbone meaning he spent limited time on snow — just four or five days with the team in Finland — before flying out for the Games.

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