Great Britain’s Menna Fitzpatrick will compete in the Winter Paralympics, almost three months after suffering a significant knee injury.

Para-alpine skier Fitzpatrick, Britain’s most decorated Winter Paralympian with six medals, sustained the injury in training in December but opted against surgery in a bid to compete at the Milan-Cortina Games, which start on 6 March.

The 27-year-old and her guide, Katie Guest, are among the second wave of athletes named in the GB team., external

Fred Warburton and guide James Hannan, Sam Cozens and guide Adam Hall, Hester Poole and guide Ali Hall, and Dominic Allen also make the Para-alpine team.

Snowboarder Davy Zyw has been included and is thought to be the first snowsport athlete with motor neurone disease (MND) to compete at the Games.