Russian Snowboarder Loginov Wins His 2nd Gold Medal at World Championship

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The day before, the 19-year-old Russian athlete won the parallel giant slalom (PGS) event at Park City Mountain Resort, Utah, beating top-ranked snowboarder Roland Fischnaller.

Dmitry Loginov has won his second gold medal at the championship in two days, beating Slovenian Tim Mastnak. His victory brought Russia its first-ever parallel slalom (PSL) gold at a world championship.

"I can't believe it", Loginov said, according to the International Ski Federation website. "I'm only 19. I'm the youngest world champion of all time, and it's just incredible".

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Loginov also became the first snowboarder in history to hold all four of the PGS and PSL junior and world titles simultaneously.

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