Teenage skiing sensation Muir hoping to hit all the right notes on the Beijing slopes

Kirsty Muir bets she'll look good on the ski slopes at next month's Winter Olympic Games. And the Aberdeen teenage sensation revealed the secret soundtrack that catalysed her rise to Beijing 2022: the Arctic Monkeys. Ad/> Freestyle skier Muir, 17, will be Team GB's youngest star in the Chinese capital where she hopes to roll out all her favourite flicks and tricks in her beloved Big Air and slopestyle events.

Freestyle SkiingRegez and Naeslund complete double weekend success in Idre Fjall23/01/2022 AT 16:50 The Scot recently started listening to music while she competes, a tactic she believes assists her psychologically and can help her land her favourite, gravity-defying 'DUB 12' jump. And it's the upbeat strains of the Arctic Monkeys that's proving the biggest hit as Muir aims to take the Games — which begin in under ten days' time — by storm. She said: «I listen to music while I compete.

»I didn't use to — but that's one of the things that has helped with the mental side of the sport. It just helps me get into the flow and relax a bit. «It takes the focus off the competition and onto the skiing.

»My favourite thing to listen to is definitely the Arctic Monkeys — I really like them and they're definitely one of my favourites. «I think there's a good beat and flow in the songs — they get you ready and that's what I like. »I love the thrill of [freestyle skiing] — there are so many new parts you get a thrill from like landing a new trick, being in the air for longer and thinking: I'm actually in the air flying.