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Brave Maisie ready for Olympics debut

- BY PAUL EDDISON

POSITIVE ATTITUDE Hill in hospital after her crash

THE list of injuries suffered by Maisie Hill three years ago reads more like a casualty of war than a future Olympian.

The 24-year-old snowboarder crashed into a wall of ice during a training session in Switzerland in January 2023, leaving her with a lacerated liver, a broken spine, ribs and pelvis, a fractured lung and a bleed on the brain.

She also lost 20 per cent of her blood and almost died as a result.

The fact she is even walking again is remarkable, let alone preparing for her Olympic debut at Milano Cortina. Then again, they do say that Olympians are a different breed.