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Spain win first winter gold since 1972 as ski mountaineering debuts
Spain won a first Winter Olympics gold since 1972 when twice reigning world champion Oriol Cardona Coll triumphed in the men's ski mountaineering sprint as the sport made its Games debut on Thursday.

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WATCH: Historic moment Oriol Cardona becomes Spain’s first Winter Olympics gold medallist in over 50 years after gruelling ski mountaineering triumph

SPAIN'S Oriol Cardona Coll won the first-ever Olympic gold medal in the men's ski mountaineering sprint at the Winter Games in Milan Cortina on Thursday -

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By Martyn Herman BORMIO, Italy, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Oriol Cardona Coll won Spain's first Winter Olympics gold medal for 54 years as he claimed victory in the men's sprint in the inaugural ski mountaineering event on Thursday.
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Watch: Ski mountaineering makes Olympic debut in dramatic fashion

Marianne Fatton made history by winning gold in the first-ever Winter Olympic ski mountaineering sprint event. Can't view the above video? Click here. The newest sport on the Olympic program made its debut Thursday at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.