Winter Olympics 2022: 'A lot to catch up on!’ - Kirsty Muir could go back to school this week after impressive debut

Freestyle skier Kirsty Muir says she could return to school as soon as Friday after Team GB’s youngest athlete at the Winter Olympics said she has “a lot to catch up on”. The 17-year-old impressed on her Games debut in Beijing, threatening the medals in big air, where she placed fifth, before ending her campaign by finishing eighth in slopestyle. Ad/> Muir is in her final year at school and she is preparing for exams, but she is yet to decide whether to focus on her sporting career, or continue her studies.

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If I take a gap year, I'm just going to focus on skiing and then maybe go to uni alongside.» Muir has only been a regular on the World Cup circuit for just over a year but she was on course for a medal at one stage of the big air competition. The teenager hopes she can use it as a springboard to feature on the podium more often. “I've got a lot to train for and I've learnt a lot here.

Train a lot and compete in the World Cups and then in for Italy. I've got a lot to work on, so it's really nice to have some time to do that. «The sport is moving at a really fast rate, so I've got a lot to do to keep up with it but this gives me motivation to keep working.» Beijing 2022 Olympic Games: Schedule, big names, key events and more 'Pressure has shifted to the judges!’ – Gu just misses out on gold after ‘hard’ decision Back pain forces Team GB’s Woods to pull out of slopestyle qualification Muir was competing