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Another gold medal for Aigner, Stary third again

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12.03.2026 13:03
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Déjà vu at the Paralympics. As in the combined event, Veronika Aigner raced to gold in the giant slalom. Bronze went once again to her compatriot Elina Stary.

Veronika Aigner from Lower Austria won her third alpine skiing gold medal at the Paralympics in Italy on Thursday. After victories in the downhill and combined events, the 23-year-old won the giant slalom for visually impaired women in Cortina d'Ampezzo with guide Eric Digruber, finishing a commanding 2.56 seconds ahead of Italy's Chiara Mazzel.

Veronika Aigner (right) and guide Eric Digruber
Veronika Aigner (right) and guide Eric Digruber(Bild: APA-Images / REUTERS / Stoyan Nenov)

Elina Stary finished 6.67 seconds behind Aigner among 15 participants with Stefan Winter to take bronze.

Ten medals for Austria
Aigner had already secured silver in the super-G on the Tofana slope alongside her two previous victories with guide Lilly Sammer. Supported by Digruber, everything went perfectly in the first technical discipline. "We are in the lead and have gold again. I am very grateful to Eric for skiing with me here. It was bumpy and a little soft, but everyone has to ski the same course, and we mastered it very well," said Aigner, who triumphed in the giant slalom and slalom in Beijing four years ago. She wants to follow up with the slalom in Cortina on Saturday. "When you're already on track like this, you don't want to let up, of course, and you want to race down the slalom just as fast."

Elina Stary
Elina Stary(Bild: APA-Images / REUTERS / Stoyan Nenov)

For 19-year-old Stary from Carinthia, third place was her second medal in Cortina after bronze in the combined. "That's very, very cool. They were two solid runs. I'm really looking forward to the slalom, which is my best discipline," said Stary. Austria now has a total of ten medals (5 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze) at the Winter Olympics in Italy.

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