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Three-time Winter Paralympic medallist Millie Knight reveals why she almost retired ahead of Beijing 2022

Millie Knight battled back from fearing she’d never ski again to securing her place at a third Winter Paralympic Games.

Knight, 23, became the youngest athlete to represent ParalympicsGB at a Winter Games in Sochi aged 15 before her hat-trick of alpine skiing medals – two silver, one bronze – in PyeongChang saw her emerge as one of the faces of the British team.

Those thrilling Korean heroics looked to lay the foundations for a medal-bulging Paralympic career but a series of concussions since – including one serious incident in Leogang, Austria, last February – have derailed her preparations for Beijing.

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