sports
March 15, 2026
Russian skier wins fifth gold at Paralympics
Russian skier Varvara Voronchikhina won her second gold medal at the Milan-Cortina Paralympics
TL;DR
- Varvara Voronchikhina won her second gold medal in the women's standing slalom at the Milan-Cortina Paralympics.
- Voronchikhina has also won gold in the super-G and claimed silver and bronze in other events.
- This is the first Paralympics where Russian athletes compete under their national flag after previous bans.
- Russia has climbed to fifth in the medal table with nine medals.
- Anastasia Bagiyan won gold in the women's sprint, and Aleksey Bugaev took bronze in the men's downhill standing event.
- The Russian team was cleared to compete after winning an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
- Six Russian athletes are competing in alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, and snowboarding.
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