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Millie Knight and guide Brett Wild win downhill silver at Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang

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.

Millie Knight
Millie Knight

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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