Returning Russia celebrates first gold in Milano Cortina
Ana Maria Rus
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, March 9 : Russia on Monday celebrated its return to the Paralympics with a gold medal when skier Varvara Voronchikhina won the women's Super-G standing race. Russia and neighbour Belarus, both banned from Paralympic competitions after Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, were readmitted by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) last September following a vote by the body's general assembly. The Russian team had previously been suspended from the Paralympics
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