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Para alpine skier Varvara Voronchikhina wins Russia its first Paralympic medal in 12 years
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Visually impaired Para alpine skier Varvara Voronchikhina won Russia's first Paralympic medal since 2014 on Saturday by taking bronze in the women’s downhill standing competition. Russian athletes are back competing under their own flag in the Winter Paralympics at Milan Cortina — after years of having to do so as neutral athletes because of the country’s doping violations and military conflicts. “For us, it’s a really long time when we (were) without (the) f...
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