‘Crazy’ success as Knight wins second silver

Pyeongchang: Teenager overjoyed

Teenager Millie Knight celebrated her “crazy” achievement in claiming a second Winter Paralympics medal in as many days in Pyeongchang.

Knight followed up second place in the women’s downhill with silver in the VI super-g along with her guide Brett Wild.

“If you’d said I would have two medals in two days at the Paralympics I would have said you are crazy.

“This time four years ago I was sat in the crowd watching Kelly (Gallagher) win gold and now I’ve made the podium myself,” she said.

Her success completed a remarkable comeback after she sustained concussion during a crash on the same course in Pyeongchang last month.

She was pipped to gold by Slovakia’s Henrieta Farkasova, who landed her seventh Paralympic title alongside guide Natalia Subrtova in 1:30.17, more than three seconds quicker than Knight.

There was more medal success for Great Britain as Knight’s team-mate Menna Fitzpatrick rebounded from her failure to finish in the downhill by taking bronze with guide Jennifer Kehoe.

The Macclesfield 20-year-old had crashed early in her first run on the downhill course but was able to recover and ski down the rest of the course.

Kehoe said: “After the downhill we just had a cup of tea and a chat with our sport psychologist who just helped us to think about all of the positives that we have had from this season and the success that we have had.”

Defending champion Kelly Gallagher from Bangor finished in eighth along with guide Gary Smith.

Gallagher, a late admission to the GB squad after a number of seasons hit by injury, said: “I just need to ski like I’ve got nothing to lose and try to channel that.

“There’s three more races and we have a lot to work on.”

Picture: Getty. Silver medal winners Millie Knight and guide Brett Wild during the victory ceremony of the women’s super-g visually impaired alpine skiing at Pyeongchang.