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From Olympic Crash to Paralympic Gold, the Two Lives of Snowboarder Perathoner
After a 2021 crash ended his able-bodied career, Perathoner won snowboard cross gold at his home Paralympic Games in Milano Cortina, inspiring with his comeback.
- At Cortina d'Ampezzo, Perathoner, the Italian snowboarder, won his first Paralympic snowboard cross gold on home snow during the March 8 event.
- A 2021 training accident ended Emanuel Perathoner's able-bodied career and kept him from Beijing 2022 after fracturing his tibial plateau and locking his left knee at 35–40 degrees.
- After about a year of rehabilitation, Emanuel Perathoner returned to snowboarding and began competing in Para events, adapting his training for back and hip compensations.
- Perathoner celebrated the gold in front of his crowd and family, saying 'My motto is: never give up, with or without a disability.'
- The Milano Cortina Paralympics will run until March 15, and Emanuel Perathoner said, 'And I can say this having passed from an Olympic career to a Paralympic one.
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Paralympics-From Olympic crash to Paralympic gold, the two lives of snowboarder Perathoner
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, March 8 - Italian snowboarder Emanuel Perathoner, whose career as an able‑bodied athlete ended after a serious training accident in 2021, reinvented himself as a Paralympic competitor — and on Sunday won his first gold medal in snowboard cross on home snow.
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Emanuel Perathoner's Triumph: From Tragedy to Paralympic Glory In a tale of resilience and determination, Italian snowboarder Emanuel Perathoner claimed his first gold medal in snowboard cross at the Milano Cortina Winter Paralympics. The achievement marks a triumphant return to the sport after a severe training accident in 2021, which led to his transition from able-bodied athlete to Paralympic competitor.Perathoner, originally from South Tyrol…
He won on the Cortina track in the men's cross (ANSA)
From Olympic crash to Paralympic gold, the two lives of snowboarder Perathoner
Italian snowboarder Emanuel Perathoner, whose career as an able‑bodied athlete ended after a serious training accident in 2021, reinvented himself as a Paralympic competitor — and on Sunday won his first gold medal in snowboard cross on home snow.
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