Youth and experience: Knight "shock" at becoming double Paralympian at 19

At just 18 years old Milile demonstrated her incredible potential in the sport when she became the first ever British Para-Skiing world champion by winning gold in the women’s downhill in 2017. She went on to win three more silver medals at the World Championships in the giant slalom, slalom and super combined events to add to the 11 she had already won on the World Cup circuit that year.

Alongside guide Brett Wild, the pair have struggled to hit the heights of Tarvisio 2017 and their world crown so far this season, with Knight suffering concussion following a crash in South Korea.

Off the snow for a few months, that put a place in PyeongChang in serious doubt for the pair, so she was relieved to finally get the nod they feared may not come after a clutch of bronze medals on the World Cup scene this season.

“To be going to my second Games at 19 feels fantastic and it was a bit of a shock to be selected if I’m honest because didn’t have the best start to our season,” she said.

“I feel very lucky to be in this position with a Games already under my belt, having that experience and that knowledge about what it’s going to be like. To be implementing that into this cycle is so invaluable.

“The Games is a very different environment to any other races that we do, it’s much bigger and there’s a lot more media presence.

“All the athletes from across the world are gathered in one place, you’re sat in the dining room and suddenly there’s amazing people all around you, that’s a real eye-opener.

“For me getting over concussion and having that support, we had massive help getting back on snow and getting our ski legs back.”

Knight lost her sight when she was aged six due to an infection, but that didn’t stop her taking to the slopes thanks to her mum’s encouragement, acting as her first guide.

She was unable to race competitively until she was 13 but, just two years later, Knight was a Paralympian.