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Noah Elliott of the United States won gold in the men’s SB-LL1 banked slalom on Friday at the Milan Cortina Paralympics, while fellow American Kate Delson captured the women’s SB-LL2 title in para snowboarding.
Elliott posted the two fastest times of the competition, finishing the course in 58.96sec on his first run and improving slightly to 58.94sec on his second. In banked slalom, riders take two runs down the course and their fastest time determines the final standings.
Japan’s Daichi Oguri finished second with a best time of 59.02sec, the only other run under one minute.
American Mike Schultz claimed bronze with the final Paralympic race of his career. The 44-year-old competed at three Paralympic Games and leaves with four medals overall: one gold, two silver and one bronze. Schultz is also known within the sport for designing adaptive prosthetic equipment used by many para snowboarders.
Delson, a 20-year-old from California, secured the women’s SB-LL2 gold medal with a time of 1min 2.99sec on her second run. She had already won silver earlier in the Games in snowboard cross.
Lisa Bunschoten-Vos of the Netherlands took silver, finishing 0.54sec behind Delson.
American Brenna Huckaby earned bronze after posting the third-fastest time. Huckaby, a two-time Paralympic champion, competed in the SB-LL2 event despite being classified in SB-LL1, a category for athletes with more significant lower-limb impairments.
The women’s banked slalom at the Milan Cortina Games was contested only in the SB-LL2 classification because there were not enough athletes entered in SB-LL1.
