Alena Zavarzina's gold

Jan 21 2011

RBTH

On Jan. 19, Russian snowboarder Alena Zavarzina won the gold medal in the World Cup parallel giant slalom. The 21-year-old's victory gives Russia it's first gold medal in adult-level world championship competition in 2011.

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