09/03/2018 Newsround

Hi, Ayshah here with your

Friday morning Newsround.

And it's a big day for sport fans,

the opening ceremony

for the Winter Paralympics

in Pyeongchang is

later this morning.

Kate Grey is there for BBC Sport,

and she sent us this.

Hello, Newsround,

welcome to Pyeongchang.

It's the day of the opening

ceremony, which will see Owen Pick,

a snowboarder, lead out

Great Britain as the flagbearer.

He is one of three snowboarders

competing for Great Britain

for the first time

at a Winter Paralympics.

Now, elsewhere, there'll be

lots of medal chances

in the Alpine skiing,

with Kelly Gallagher,

Menna Fitzpatrick and Millie Knight,

who all have a visual impairment

and will be guided down the mountain

- they have great chances of medals.

And for the first time in 20 years,

Great Britain will be represented

in the Nordic skiing,

and Scott Meenagh will be

that representative,

competing in six out of eight days.

And also we can't forget

the wheelchair curlers -

they got a bronze in Sochi,

they'll be hoping to better it

here in Pyeongchang.

As Kate said, one of Britain's

biggest medal hopes

is visually impaired

skier Millie knight.

Four years ago, aged 15, she came

fifth at the Sochi Olympics,

but this time around,

she's told us she wants

to go one better.

I'd say it's much easier

that I can't see.

I ski with Brett, who skis

in front of me, and we talk

all the way down the mountain,

you know, what the snow is like,

what the terrain is like,

and then I'll say whether we're

going too quickly or too slowly.

The way it works is, we're attached

by a Bluetooth headset,

and I wear a bright orange jacket,

which kind of stands out.

I tell Millie everything I can see,

what's coming up,

if there's a change of terrain,

change in the course,

and Millie just feeds back

if I'm skiing too fast,

too slow, if she can see me.

Yeah, she was,

she was my first guide.

We actually won a bronze,

which was really exciting,

but we got disqualified

in all the others.

But that is fine, we'll

concentrate on the bronze!

My coach said that I needed

someone permanent.

Slash faster!

So when I went to Sochi,

there was no pressure at all,

I was just going just to compete,

see what it's like,

have a bit of a fun time.

But now it's very different,

now it's very much more

about my performance,

you know, getting medals

is a little bit more pressure.

Brett is normally much better

in the start gate than me,

he's very calm and relaxed.

We talk through the course a lot.

I make sure Millie is OK,

because she goes quite quiet

sometimes in the start gate.

We now do this thing where,

because Millie is such a big

Script fan, she stands in the start

and says, "I can be the greatest,

I can be the best, I can be

the King Kong, banging on my chest."

For me, losing my sight is the best

thing that ever happened to me.

And you know, through that,

I've got into sport, which, again,

totally has totally built me

as a person, you know.

I have so much more confidence

through skiing, I've made so many

new friends and been to amazing

places that really, you know,

without sport, I wouldn't have done,

and I just say give any sport a go,

it doesn't matter which sport

you do, just try it.

Next up, it's Mother's

Day this Sunday,

and we've been asking

the Newsround team about their mums.

My mum is...

A bit of a prankster!

For such a small person,

my mum has the biggest heart.

My mum is the most supportive person

you can ever imagine.

What I really love about my mum

is that she's so positive,

she will make you feel good

about yourself straight away,

even when you're feeling

really down or low.

She always thinks of others before

herself, and she will always make

sure that you're looked after,

given the best guidance,

and sent on your way -

probably with an amazing picnic

in tow as well.

She's always encouraged us to do

the best that we can,

and be the best that we can be

at all times.

And she taught me and my young

brother to be pretty respectful

and nice human beings.

Everything that I've ever done,

she's always been there for me,

even every time I am

on telly, to this day,

she'll text me and she'll say,

well done, you look great.

She never says anything negative,

even if I think something

has gone terribly, awfully wrong,

I look at my phone and there's

a message from my mum

saying, you're amazing.

I'm so proud to call my mum.

Every day, I try to be as good

as her, and I think I fail,

but she sets the bar pretty high.

Your mum is that one person

who can lift your spirits,

and my mum does it in so many

different ways from being really

cheeky to throwing a few

pranks my way as well.

She likes to do that

quite a bit too.

I love you, Mum.

Well, that's what we had to say

about the special women

in our lives, but what about you?

We'd love to hear about the women

who look after you and make you feel

great, whether it's your mum,

stepmum, granny, or a

carer or someone else.

Go to Newsround online and tell us

what makes them so great.

While you're there, you can find out

why today's an important day

for your smartphone,

plus don't miss this incredible

video of a nosey pair of penguins.

So cute!

That's all from us this morning.

Ricky will be here at

4:20 this afternoon.

A great day, we'll see you soon,

bye-bye.