“I was 19 before I even put any skis on and before that I had no real sporting background,” she told BBC Newcastle.
“I’m aiming for the top 30 in the long race, that’d be a real achievement.”
Lightfoot will compete in at least two events, a 15-kilometre race and a 7.5km ‘sprint’ event, with the possibility of a third.
The top-60 finishers in the ‘sprint’ will qualify for the 10km ‘pursuit’, where competitors start at staggered times dependent on their placing in the previous events.
