“Welcome back, really sorry to tell you that you’re not going to walk again”
Raya Hubbell’s world shattered when she heard those words from her hospital bed.
Just about to turn 19, Hubbell had been preparing to appear at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002. She was a talented Canadian skier, who had been “addicted” to the sport since the age of five, and she'd already qualified for three of the alpine disciplines at the Games.
