Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Kirsty Muir was celebrating success at this year's Winter Olympics
ByTyrone SmithBBC Sport Scotland Senior Reporter- Published51 minutes ago
Freestyle ski champion Kirsty Muir admits she has surprised herself at how well she has done during what has turned out to be a history-making year.
The 21-year-old Scot rounded off a brilliant season on the slopes in Switzerland at the end of last month by becoming the first British woman to win World Cup titles in the freeski slopestyle and the overall park and pipe.
"It has definitely been a goal of mine for a while and I think the end of such a fun and good season just to come to that was really special," she told BBC Scotland.
"I think in the ski especially, it is really cool. I think it is a personal achievement and it is cool that it is a bit of history too."
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While she would never admit it, the Aberdonian can already lay claim to potentially being one of the greatest-ever female British freestyle ski athletes.
As well as her World Cup successes, she also topped the podium at the X games earlier in the year.
That was followed by just missing out on a medal in the women's slopestyle and big air events at the Winter Olympics in Italy – finishing fourth in both disciplines.
What makes her story even more impressive is the fact she was sidelined for a year from the end of 2023, a period during which she underwent both knee and shoulder surgery.
"I feel like I have had a bit of a mindset change," she admitted. "I don't know how to explain it, but I think I have surprised myself. But also I have been working hard for it and I think everything just came together."
The worrying news for her rivals is that Muir believes her best is yet to come.
"Definitely, I think so, I have had a really cool season," she added. "I have been skiing well and I just want to keep pushing that and keep improving.
"I have got a lot more I can do and I think that is what I am excited for, and results are results, but I want to keep pushing myself and see how far I can go.
"I have got trick goals and I just want to keep progressing and pushing the sport and myself."
