Poole Vows 'redemption Arc' After Crash On Paralympic Debut

"Some group person glory stories, immoderate group person redemption arcs."

Hester Poole is going for nan latter.

At conscionable 18 years old, nan British Para-alpine skier would person been forgiven for emotion a spot down successful nan dumps aft crashing retired connected her debut astatine nan Winter Paralympics.

But that's not her style.

After skiing retired early connected successful her first elephantine slalom tally connected Thursday, losing her equilibrium and brutally tumbling down nan piste arsenic her guideline Ali Hall could only watch on, Poole brushed herself down and has already turned her attraction to her adjacent race.

"Of people I would person liked to put down a bully tally for my Paralympic debut," said Poole, who was calved pinch nan uncommon oculus illness Leber congenital amaurosis and has only 5-10% vision.

"But immoderate group travel present and person glory stories, get golden consecutive distant and past person to take sides that, immoderate group person redemption arcs - truthful that's nan perspective I'm going for now.

"I've still sewage nan slalom to travel connected Saturday, I'm looking guardant to it a lot. I'm going to conscionable effort and put this retired nan measurement and commencement caller connected Saturday and hopefully put down immoderate bully times."

Poole, from Bath, only recovered retired she would beryllium competing astatine nan Milan-Cortina Games 3 weeks earlier it started.

That news came successful nan aforesaid period she was awarded a spot to study astatine Cambridge - a dream she has held since she was 8 years aged - having mixed her A-Level studies pinch competing connected nan world stage.