It’s another snowboarding gold for Vic Wild.
Wild, 27, won gold in the Men’s Parralel Slalom after previously winning in the Men’s Parallel Giant Slalom. While Wild was born in the United States he is competing for Russia after heading their to train and marrying Alena Zavarzina. (She has won bronze in the Women’s Parallel Giant Slalom in 2014)
Wild has been outspoken about how the U.S. Ski Federation did not want to be competitive in Snowboarding and has praised the efforts of Russia.
Full Men’s Snowboard Parallel Slalom Results
| Rank | Heat | Country | Name | Run 1Diff | Run 2Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Final | RUS | Vic WILD | Winner | |
| 2 | Big Final | SLO | Zan KOSIR | 0.12 | 0.11 |
| 3 | Small Final | AUT | Benjamin KARL | Winner | |
| 4 | Small Final | ITA | Aaron MARCH | 0.26 | 16.25 |
Final Ranking Overall
| Rank | Country | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RUS | Vic WILD |
| 2 | SLO | Zan KOSIR |
| 3 | AUT | Benjamin KARL |
| 4 | ITA | Aaron MARCH |
| 5 | AUT | Lukas MATHIES |
| 6 | GER | Patrick BUSSLER |
| 7 | SUI | Nevin GALMARINI |
| 8 | ITA | Roland FISCHNALLER |
| 9 | SUI | Simon SCHOCH |
| 10 | SUI | Kaspar FLUETSCH |
| 11 | FRA | Sylvain DUFOUR |
| 12 | SLO | Rok MARGUC |
| 13 | AUT | Andreas PROMMEGGER |
| 14 | GER | Stefan BAUMEISTER |
| 15 | CAN | Jasey Jay ANDERSON |
| 16 | CAN | Michael LAMBERT |
| 17 | AUT | Anton UNTERKOFLER |
| 18 | CAN | Matthew MORISON |
| 19 | UKR | Yosyf PENYAK |
| 20 | ITA | Christoph MICK |
| 21 | BUL | Radoslav YANKOV |
| 22 | SLO | Rok FLANDER |
| 23 | KOR | Bong-shik SHIN |
| 24 | GER | Alexander BERGMANN |
| 25 | ITA | Meinhard ERLACHER |
| 26 | KOR | Sang-kyum KIM |
| 27 | RUS | Andrey SOBOLEV |
| 28 | RUS | Stanislav DETKOV |
| DSQ | SLO | Izidor SUSTERSIC |
| DSQ | RUS | Valery KOLEGOV |
| DSQ | SUI | Philipp SCHOCH |
| DSQ | USA | Justin REITER |
