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Menna Fitzpatrick is Britain's most-decorated Winter ParalympianGreat Britain's Menna Fitzpatrick, guided by Katie Guest, won silver in the opening downhill of the Para-alpine World Cup season in St Moritz, Switzerland.
They were 1.7 seconds behind Slovakia's Alexandra Rexova and Hugo Rybar, who won in one minute 19.54 seconds.
South Korea's Sara Choi and Sanghyun Jung were third in Saturday's race.
The British pair will compete again at the same venue on Sunday in the second race of the weekend's double-header.
"Today's race was all about building confidence in speed and especially in downhill so I'm super proud of our performance," Fitzpatrick said.
"Katie couldn't have done a better job and I can't wait to give it another go tomorrow."
The Macclesfield-born skier is Britain's most-decorated Winter Paralympian with six medals.
"It is a great foundation to lay at the beginning of the season," GB Para-alpine head coach Ally Brown said of Fitzpatrick's latest achievement.
"The most exciting thing is that I know that there is much more to come from Menna and Katie."
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