How Team GB’s Laura Collett fought back from being permanently blinded in one eye after horror fall to win Olympic gold

LAURA COLLETT’s second Olympic gold medal comes 11 years after she nearly died in a horror accident.

The equestrian star helped Team GB to their first gold medal at the Paris Olympics in the eventing.

She suffered a major accident in 2013 which left her blind in one eye EPAShe battled back to become a double Olympic gold medal winner[/caption] PAShe won alongside Ros Canter (L) and Tom McEwen (R)[/caption]

But in July 2013, she almost saw her competing career come...