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UNCOVERED: Menna fitzpatrick overcomes downhill confidence battle as quest begins to repeat paralympics medal haul - Caught on Camera

Menna Fitzpatrick ParalympicsGB South Korea

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Menna Fitzpatrick says she finally banished her downhill demons after battling to a gutsy fifth-place finish on day one of the Winter Paralympic Games.

Fitzpatrick, who claimed a fabulous four medals at PyeongChang 2018 to emerge as one of the faces of the Games, got her Beijing campaign underway on Saturday with a rock-solid showing in her least favourite event.

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