US 'rock star' Paralympic skier wins silver for his late twin brother

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Patrick Halgren, the self-proclaimed "rock star" of the Milan Cortina Paralympics, said he could feel the presence of his late twin brother in his silver medal-winning Para alpine ski run on Monday. Lucas Sven died in a motorcycle accident in New Zealand in 2016, three years after Patrick nearly died and lost most of his left leg in another motorcycle accident. Patrick has been plastering blue-and-yellow stickers that read “ SvendIt ” around Cortina d'Ampezzo...

By TALES AZZONI