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A promising footballer who lost both legs after a car crash has a new passion in life - after finding "freedom" in skiing.
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Adam Golebiewski was only 17 when the crash happened in 2024 in Macduff, Aberdeenshire.
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He needed a double amputation below the knee.
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The former goalkeeper celebrated his 18th birthday during his rehabilitation in hospital, and was fitted for prosthetics.
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Since then he has become a father, and - now aged 20 - is showing a flair for para cross-country skiing.
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Adam's coach thinks the Parlaympic Winter Games could be a target.
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Adam faced three months of rehabilitation at Woodend Hospital in Aberdeen following the crash which was caused by a drink driver.
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He was able to walk again on crutches, and was "thankful and grateful" to be home with his family that Christmas.
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Adam's dreams of becoming a professional goalkeeper were shattered, but in the face of adversity he found a new joy.
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He now trains at the Nordic ski centre in Huntly, next to the field where he used to play football with junior side Deveronside.
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There, he uses a special sit-ski with a board and wheels.
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The board is replaced with skis when he trains on snow - something he had the chance to do in America earlier this year.
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With no previous experience of the sport, he has just qualified to enter international competitions as a para biathlete - which combines cross-country skiing and shooting.
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His sights are now set on para biathlon World Cup events in Finland and Sweden over the next six months.
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"I don't actually think of my injuries when I'm on the board - I just forget that I have them," he told BBC Scotland News.
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"I just feel so free and I just forget about everything else."
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Of his training travels, he explained: "In Colorado, I didn't really know anybody and I was quite nervous to go and try it out, but once I was on the snow I was completely fine - even though I fell about 40 times.
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Then Italy, that was another good experience where I I tried biathlon, which is skiing and shooting.
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"The last trip I was recently on was Oberhof in Germany which was again just an improvement from the first time being away on snow, and I learned a lot more again."
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He said his mind was "completely focused" on what he is doing.
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Adam's coach, Simon Bate of Snowsport Scotland, said he had made impressive progress.
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Bate believes the Parlaympic Winter Games in 2030 could be a future goal.
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"From when I first met him as an 18-year-old and he just had this real maturity and positive outlook," he said.
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"He's always been very very up for what we've suggested in terms of the training, he's really keen to work hard."
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Bate added: "He's definitely got the potential - and I think he's going to do well."
Adam hopes to be an inspiration to others facing difficult times.
"I think they should just give it a go because you never know what could happen," he said.
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"Since I've started skiing, I've loved every minute of it.
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I never knew any of this would happen so quickly.
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It's just given me a bit of freedom again."
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A drink-driver who caused the crash in which Adam was injured was later detained for 32 months.
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Arran Paterson, 19, admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving, being over the drink-drive limit, and driving without insurance.
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Adam had been a passenger in Paterson's car which crashed into a wall.
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Two other teenage passengers were also seriously injured.
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Patterson was also disqualified from driving for five years and four months.
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