Ben Tudhope wins Australia’s second medal at Winter Paralympic Games

Cortina: Australian snowboarder Ben Tudhope has won a bronze medal in the men’s banked slalom SB-LL2 at the Winter Paralympic Games. He is Australia’s only medallist at these Games so far after claiming silver in the men’s snowboard cross last week.

Tudhope, 26, finished behind Italy’s Emanuel Perathoner who also took gold in the snowboard cross, and Switzerland’s Fabrice von Gruenigen. It’s Tudhope’s first Paralympic medal in the event and his first time making the podium twice at a Winter Paralympics.

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