KIRSTY MUIR starred as Great Britain’s youngest competitor at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing before jetting straight home to finish her Highers at school just outside Aberdeen.

Then aged just 17, the freestyle skier had dazzled on her debut, reaching the finals of both her events and placing fifth in the women’s Big Air competition, behind the all-conquering Chinese superstar Eileen Gu.

Yet three years on, Muir regards her experience in Beijing as a distant memory – hardly surprising given the obstacles she has faced in her quest to reach her second Games in Milan and Cortina, which get under way on February 6 next year.