Schaffelhuber awarded gold after successful slalom appeal

Germany’s Anna Schaffelhuber has been awarded the gold medal in the women’s slalom sitting event after a successful appeal against her disqualification.

Schaffelhuber, who has already won the downhill and super-G Paralympic titles so far in Sochi, was disqualified from her first run in Wednesday’s (12 March) slalom competition.

Under protest, she was allowed to complete her second run on Wednesday afternoon.

On Thursday (13 March) morning, the International Paralympic Committee Alpine Skiing Board of Appeal overturned the original disqualification for not having her outriggers in a stationary and fixed position at the start of the race.

The Appeal Board decided that Schaffelhuber had not gained a competitive advantage from her start and therefore should not have been disqualified.

As a result of the successful appeal, the results from Wednesday’s slalom sitting event are now official and the medallists are as follows:

• Gold: Anna Schaffelhuber 2:09.93

• Silver: Anna-Lena Forster (GER) 2:14.35

• Bronze: Kimberly Joines (CAN) 2:15.16

The medals will be presented on Thursday (13 March) at 18:00 MST at the Rosa Khutor Medals Plaza.

A full written decision will be issued in due course.