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Millie Knight and guide Brett Wild win downhill silver at Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang
08:00, 10 March 2018
Canterbury's Millie Knight and her guide Brett Wild have won downhill silver on the first day of the Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang.
The pair finished 0.86 seconds behind the Slovakian winners, and defending Paralympic champions, Henrieta Farkasova and guide Natalia Subrtova of Slovakia.
The partially sighted skier still has four other events she will be trying to win medals at later in the games.
She told BBC Sport: "I can't stop smiling. It is the best feeling in the world.
"I was quite nervous at the start gate but once we pushed out, it was purely about doing what we had to do and thinking about the technical aspects down the course."
Here's when you can catch the 19-year-old going for gold in her other events (UK times):
Sunday, March 11 - Super G - 12.30am
Tuesday, March 13 - Super Combined Super G - 12.30am, Super Combined Slalom - 3.30am
Thursday, March 15 - Slalom Run 1 - 12.30am, Slalom Run 2 - 3.30am
Sunday, March 18 - Giant Slalom Run 1 - 12.30am, Giant Slalom Run 2 - 3.30am
You can watch coverage of Pyeongchang 2018 on Channel 4.
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