Polish Alpine snowboarder Kwiatkowski wins world championship

Poland’s Oskar Kwiatkowski clinched the gold medal in the men's snowboard parallel giant slalom at the world championships on Sunday.

Gold medal winner Oskar Kwiatkowski of Poland celebrates during an award ceremony of the Men's Parallel Giant Slalom at the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia, 19 February 2023.

Photo: EPA/ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE

The event took place at the Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships, currently underway in Bakuriani, Georgia.

Oskar Kwiatkowski made history with his victory, becoming the first Pole ever to win a world championship in alpine snowboarding.

Another Pole, Aleksandra Król, took the bronze medal in the women's snowboard parallel giant slalom event.

The men saved the best for last today at the #Bakuriani2023 World Championships, where Oskar Kwiatkowski 🇵🇱 and Dario Caviezel 🇨🇭 went toe-to-toe in a hard-fought PGS big final, with Oskar taking the win and becoming Poland’s first ever alpine SB World Champion in the process… pic.twitter.com/RhCBcnuGGI

— fissnowboard (@fissnowboard) February 19, 2023

Earlier this year, Kwiatkowski made history by becoming the first Polish man to win a World Cup snowboarding event.

The 26-year-old outperformed competitors in the International Ski Federation’s (FIS) snowboarding World Cup parallel giant slalom competition at the Swiss resort of Scuol in January.

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Source: PAP