Victor Wild finished third in the men’s parallel Giant Slalom at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
Victor Wild added another Olympic medal to his collection by taking bronze for the ROC team in the men’s parallel Giant Slalom on Tuesday.
The 35-year-old had missed out in the semifinals to eventual silver medalist Tim Mastnak of Slovenia, but won his bronze-medal race with Roland Fischnaller of Italy.
Wild got off to a slow start against Fischnaller but turned the race around brilliantly to grab a well-deserved victory at the finish.
The gold was won by Austrian star Benjamin Karl.
The bronze is Wild’s third Olympic medal, as previously he celebrated double success at the 2014 Games in Sochi, triumphing in the men’s parallel Slalom and the parallel Giant Slalom events.
The naturalized Russian represented America until the United States Ski and Snowboard Association shut down its alpine snowboarding program after the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.
The snowboarder applied for Russian citizenship after marrying Russian snowboarder Alena Zavarzina in 2011.
His request was satisfied by Russian officials and Wild emerged as something of a cult hero in his new homeland after his contribution to the country’s medal tally in Sochi, where he became the first snowboarder in history to win two medals at the same Olympics.
Unfortunately his love story with Zavarzina didn’t have a happy end, as the couple split last December.
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from RT – Daily news