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Spain wins first Paralympic gold since 2014
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Spanish para-alpine skier Audrey Pascual won the women's giant slalom event on Monday, securing her second medal at this year's Winter Universiade and Spain's first Paralympic gold since Sochi 2014 after a twelve-year drought for national teams in winter sports. The Madrid native previously earned silver in downhill just days prior but finished five tenths behind the winner to claim bronze status, marking her second podium finish of this competition so far.
Key Points
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1Spanish Paralympic skier Audrey Pascual won the gold medal in supergiant at the Milan-Cortina Winter Games.
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2This victory marks Spain's first Olympic (Paralympics) winter title since Sochi 2014 and its second overall after a silver from Saturday, March 7th/8th depending on source interpretation of 'past weekend'.
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3Pascual became the first woman to win Paralympic gold in Spain since 1998.
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4The event took place during Wednesday's competition day at Milan-Cortina.
Developments
[Mar] Mar.07
Audrey Pascual won the silver medal in downhill (referred to as 'past Saturday' or similar timeframe indicating prior event).
[Wed, 2 days ago]
Pascual secured gold and second podium finish at Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics.
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