A Scottish athlete who battled back from a near-fatal motorbike crash is looking to the future ahead of her final surgery.

Judo star Stephanie Inglis will have a metal plate fitted in her skull as she continues her recovery from the crash in Vietnam which almost killed her.

The Commonwealth Games silver medallist was placed in an induced coma after she suffered severe brain injuries in the accident in May 2016 while in the Asian country working as an English teacher.

The 27-year-old was originally only given a 1% chance of survival but after weeks of treatment she emerged from her coma and was flown back to Scotland.

Now, as she prepares for the operation, she said she is looking ahead.

"I'm looking forward just to getting it done and getting it out the way, recovering and starting to put this all behind me," she told STV News.

"I am a bit nervous, I mean it is a head operation so it is quite daunting to think about it but the way I see it is I just can't wait to get it done."

Thousands of supporters who donated more than £300,000 to pay for her medical care after it emerged her travel insurance would not cover her bills.

Doctors at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh said her fitness had been crucial in her recovery.

Consultant professor Peter Andrews said: "She was as severely unwell as you can get following a traumatic brain injury.

"Her underlying physical health and her young age undoubtedly contributed to this good outcome."

Ms Inglis plans to return to the sport which made her a Commonwealth hero in Glasgow, aiming to compete in the 2022 games in Durban.

She said: "You have to be the in top seven females in Scotland and I do think I'm capable of doing that.

"If I qualify I don't see why a medal isn't within my reach either. I'm looking forward to getting after that."