Austrian Winter Olympics won two gold medals in one day, and the governor sent a congratulatory letter: I am extremely proud of you

【Global Times Comprehensive Report】 "Austria's Gold Medal Day! The Austrian news agency reported on the 8th that Austrian Winter Olympics athletes won two gold medals in the two events of alpine skiing men's super slalom and snowboard men's parallel slalom on the 8th. Austria is currently 8th in the gold medal table.

The 31-year-old Austrian star Matthias Meier won the gold medal in the men's super slalom in alpine skiing less than 24 hours after winning the bronze medal in the men's downhill skating competition on the 7th. Meier also became the third person to win gold at three consecutive Winter Olympics. He won the gold medal in the men's downhill event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang for the first time in the super slalom event.

'It's really unbelievable at the moment and I have to say, it was an amazing game.' Meier said. The Super Slalom first became an official event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada, and the silver medalist that year was Meier's father.

On the 8th, in the men's parallel giant slalom competition on snowboarding at Genting Ski Park, 36-year-old Austrian Benjamin Karl defeated Slovenian Tim Maastenak to win the gold medal. Karl has won silver and bronze medals for the project in 2010 and 2014. After winning the championship, Karl was very excited and told the TV station with tears in his eyes, thanking all those who supported him. The governor of Carl's native state of Lower Austria also sent a congratulatory letter, saying that "the whole of Lower Austria is extremely proud of you today".

For the two to win gold on the 8th, the Austrian "Standard" said that Austria's lucky moment is coming, and the number of gold medals and medals is expected to exceed the previous session. Many Austrian netizens also forwarded the news of Austria winning the gold medal twice a day on social media, calling the two "heroes of Austria". (Aoki)