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Visually impaired GB Winter Paralympic skier Millie Knight aiming for continuity in her preparations for Pyeongchang 2018 Games
00:00, 07 January 2016
Despite a spectacular season so far, skier Millie Knight says she needs continuity to boost her preparations for the next Winter Paralympics.
Though the next Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, are more than two years away, visually-impaired Knight, who turns 17 on January 15, is firmly focused on success at her second Games.
Knight debuted in Sochi in 2014 where she carried the GB flag and became Britain's youngest ever winter Paralympian.
The King’s School pupil returns to the classroom this week fresh from a month of competition in Canada and Austria which produced eight gold medals, four silvers and three bronzes in 16 races.
However despite a successful union with guide Brad Morgan, Knight has once again been left seeking a new companion with which to tackle the lightning slopes of international competition.
She said: “I met up with Brad for the first time at Heathrow airport. He was to be my guide for my first ever Super-G event in Panorama, Canada. I had only spoken to him on the phone.
“We only had a couple of days to train before our first event but he gave me lots of confidence and made me work hard.
“My first Super-G was really exhilarating and we managed to stand on the top podium. It was a good start and we went on to win the next four races of Super Combi, Super-G, Giant Slalom and Slalom.”
However Morgan’s cycling commitments mean he cannot continie as guide, with Knight explaining: “My coach Justin Mesut is having to guide me at the moment as Brad has returned to training for Team Raleigh in readiness for the start of the cycling season.
“I am still looking for a permanent guide to take me up to, and possibly beyond, 2018. I have had so many stand-ins over the last eight months, which is good in a way because every single one has brought something new to my skiing, but I would love some continuity now.
“It’s just over 800 days to go until Pyeongchang - things are starting to get serious.”