SkiMo-Cardona Coll makes history for Spain with men's sprint gold, Fatton claims women's title

Federaţia Rusă

BORMIO, Italy, Feb 19 : Oriol Cardona Coll won Spain's first Winter Olympics gold medal for 54 years as he claimed victory in the men's sprint in the inaugural ski mountaineering event on Thursday. Minutes earlier, Switzerland's Marianne Fatton also made history as she beat big favourite Emily Harrop of France to become the first Olympic champion in the multi-discipline sport that is making its Games debut in Bormio. After coming through heats and a semi-final in a relentless snowstorm, Cardona

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