British Para-skier Menna Fitzpatrick says she is already seeking to the long run after lacking out on a medal on the Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics.
The 27-year-old, who’s Britain’s most profitable Winter Paralympian, suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) harm late final yr and postponed surgical procedure to compete at her third Video games.
However after ending fifth in her last occasion in Italy, the ladies’s visually impaired slalom, she instructed BBC Sport she desires to make it to a different Video games.
“Each finish of a cycle marks a brand new problem and my plan is to hopefully make it to France in 2030,” she mentioned.
“I first discovered easy methods to ski in France so it is virtually like going house. That will probably be a extremely cool one for me to intention for.”
Fitzpatrick and information Katie Visitor saved their greatest end for final after two sixth locations within the super-G and large slalom and ninth within the Alpine mixed.
Austrian Veronika Aigner maintained her dominance together with her fourth gold of the Video games, ending 4 seconds away from compatriot Elina Stary.
Regardless of not coming away with one other medal for her assortment, Fitzpatrick was eager to deal with the positives.
“I feel it has been a extremely profitable Video games for us, contemplating the place I used to be earlier than, so I am actually completely satisfied, particularly with the efficiency at this time,” she added.
“We actually went on the market and pushed it, and are actually proud of the consequence.
“As an athlete you all the time hope to your very best snowboarding in a race. It typically does not occur like that and as athletes we’re actually onerous on ourselves when issues are powerful.
“It has been a difficult two weeks, however simply realizing that I’ve received these performances inside me, even when the preparation did not go fairly to plan, offers me confidence.”
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