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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Matthew Cooper

Paralympian Millie Knight feared for skiing future after four concussions in five years

Visually impaired alpine skier Millie Knight is set for her third appearance at the Winter Paralympics this year, having made her debut as a 15-year-old in 2014 and then won three medals in 2018.

However, the 23-year-old almost quit the sport after suffering four concussions in just five years, with the accidents causing her psychological trauma, which she has worked hard with sports psychologists to bounce back from.

Knight told the Telegraph : "Circa 2017, I was a young teenager who was carefree who had never had a big crash and never fully understood that the sport that I did was dangerous. So I took the risks.

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