Italian athlete Andrea De Silvestro has clinched the gold medal in the giant slalom sitting event at the Milan Cortina Paralympics. He triumphed over the Netherlands’ de Langen and Norway’s Pedersen, who took silver and bronze respectively. This remarkable victory brings Italy’s total medal count to 14, a new national record that surpasses their previous best of 13 medals set at the Lillehammer 1994 Paralympic Games.
