Great Britain’s Millie Knight and guide Brett Wild scoop the bronze medal in the women’s visually-impaired downhill at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games.
Millie Knight and guide Brett Wild scooped Great Britain‘s first medal of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games with a bronze in the women’s visually-impaired downhill skiing.
The 23-year-old finished with a time of 1:23.20 to claim her fourth Paralympic medal after taking two silvers and a bronze in Pyeongchang four years ago.
Knight warmed up for the Beijing Winter Paralympics with two medals at the World Para Snow Sports Championships back in January, and the Brit was on “cloud nine” after finishing on the podium.
“At the start I was just thinking, find the seconds, do anything you can do to go faster, it doesn’t matter if you’re scared, keep going,” Knight told BBC Sport.
“This bronze is something very special. It ranks above our silver four years ago in Pyeongchang. We have gone through some tough things and it has changed us.
“Brett’s belief and confidence in me has very much inspired me and made me want to…