A music teacher who refused to let her love affair with mountain sports end when multiple sclerosis robbed her of feeling below her knees has qualified to represent Great Britain as a para-snowboarder.
If Nina Sparks, 31, goes to the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Italy she will become team Paralympics GB’s first ever female Paralympian snowboarder – making every minute of her relentless training since being diagnosed with MS in March 2021 worth it.
