Visually-impaired skier Millie Knight secures two golds and a silver medal in IPC Skiing World Cup finals in St Moritz
Published: 00:00, 05 February 2015
Updated: 09:36, 05 February 2015
Visually-impaired teenage skier Millie Knight enjoyed a golden two days on the slopes of St Moritz this week at the IPC Skiing World Cup finals.
The 16-year-old Canterbury star and her guide Jen Kehoe won back-to-back Giant Slalom races in the Swiss Alps on Monday and Tuesday to win the overall World Cup title.
On Monday the duo finished the testing course in 2min 09.20sec – six seconds faster than American husband-and-wife team Danielle and Rob Umstead, while the following day King’s School pupil Knight and Kehoe were one of just three pairs to finish, again topping the podium.
On Wednesday afternoon the duo added a silver in the first Slalom event of the competition - Knight’s first ever in a World Cup event - with Umstead leading the way.
According to the British Disabled Ski Team, Knight is the first GB skier, disabled or non-disabled, to ever win a ski racing crystal globe in any skiing discipline.
Knight carried the GB flag at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, and finished fifth in the Slalom and GS events with guide Rachael Ferrier.
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