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What Does It Mean to Win Gold at the Paralympics? Ask Snowboard Great

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CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — As the French national anthem played, the 51-year-old Para snowboard great Cécile Hernandez cried at the top of the podium. A few meters away from Hernandez, her 18-year-old daughter wept profusely. It was the ending that Hernandez, who won her second Paralympic gold medal on Sunday, had dreamed about at the Milan Cortina Paralympics. “It’s incredible and I still can’t realize what happened,” Hernandez said. “I’m …

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What does it mean to win gold at the Paralympics? Ask snowboard great Hernandez and her daughter

As the French national anthem played, the 51-year-old Para snowboard great Cécile Hernandez cried at the top of the podium.

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Third day of competition in Milan-Cortina and first Paralympic title for the French delegation, thanks to the dean Cécile Hernandez in para snowboard cross. Relive the highlights of the day.

In tears at the time of hugging her daughter, who came to celebrate her second Paralympic title in a row in snowboard cross, French Cécile Hernandez, the first tricolor gold medallist at the Milan-Cortina Paralympic Games, had a double dream on Sunday in Cortina.

·Paris, France
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Cécile Hernandez was named Paralympic snowboard cross champion this Sunday, March 8. This is France's first title in these Paralympic Games in Milan-Cortina. - Paralympic Games 2026: France wins its first gold medal thanks to snowboarder Cécile Hernandez (Olympic and Paralympic Games).

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Le Parisien broke the news in Paris, France on Saturday, March 7, 2026.
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