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Three years ago, at the Paralympic Games in PyeongChang, Para alpine skier Hilmar Orvarsson spent much of the time when he was not skiing answering messages from well-wishers.
As the only athlete from Iceland, where the population is just over 350,000, and the country’s flag bearer at the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, it was natural that Orvarsson was the centre of attention at his first Paralympic Games.
“It was an honour,” the athlete said. “It was almost like a full-time job answering messages. I got quite a lot of attention and it was fun.”
Freedom guides Anna-Lena Forster to glory in women s sitting class What I love about skiing is the freedom to be out in nature and ski like everyone else, says German skier who started off 2020-21 season with eight victories 14 Jan 2021
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Germany s Anna-Lena Forster celebrated her first world title with her family in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia in 2019 ⒸLuc PercivalBy Lena Smirnova | For World Para Snow Sports
When it comes to the women’s sitting class in Para alpine skiing, Anna-Lena Forster always draws the spotlight. From her lightning-fast speed to her custom-made ski design - made to look like a car prototype - the German sit skier is certainly hard to miss.
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Arthur Bauchet, in action at the Sakhalin 2020 World Cup, made a winning debut in the 2020-2021 season in St. Moritz ⒸKim YuryBy Lena Smirnova | For World Para Snow Sports
Arthur Bauchet and Jeroen Kampschreur made more memories at the Swiss ski resort where they each got their first World Cup victories as they dazzled with another golden flourish following four days of Europa Cup races.
St. Moritz, Switzerland hosted the third stage of the 2020-21 Europa Cup from 16 to 19 December. Two giant slalom and two slalom races were held as part of the event.
France’s Arthur Bauchet swept gold in the men’s standing class in what was his first major race of the season. There was a different runner up in each of the four races - Austria’s Nico Pajantschitsch and Thomas Grochar, Russia’s Aleksei Bugaev and fellow Frenchman Jordan Broisin all finished within 10 seconds of last season’s overall Crystal Globe winner.