Summary
Russian para-alpine skier Varvara Voronchikhina won a Paralympic gold medal in the standing super G event. This is Russia's first Paralympic gold since 2014 and follows the lifting of bans related to past doping issues and political events. Voronchikhina's win was almost two seconds faster than the runner-up.
Key Facts
- Varvara Voronchikhina is a para-alpine skier from Russia.
- She won the standing super G event, earning Russia's first Paralympic gold medal since 2014.
- She also won a bronze medal in the standing downhill event two days earlier.
- Russia's flag appeared at the Paralympics for the first time since Sochi in 2014.
- Russian athletes were previously banned due to a doping scandal and the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
- The ban on Russian athletes was lifted after an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
- Voronchikhina has previously won two world championship titles in 2021, including in the super G.
- Her victory was completed with a time of one minute 15.6 seconds.
