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Friday the 13th: Paralympics Snowboarder Suffers String of Errors and Bad Luck
Veteran French Paralympic snowboarder Cécile Hernandez missed the podium in the banked slalom despite recent gold, finishing fourth and showing visible emotion after the race.
- At the Milan Cortina Paralympics, Hernandez, a 51-year-old French Paralympic snowboarder, finished fourth in the banked slalom, missing the podium by a narrow margin.
- She described the day as a cascade of mishaps, saying she lost her mouthguard, spilled coffee, and raced on the wrong board; Hernandez said, 'I am someone who believes a lot in the universe and everything. And I tried to change the frequency of the universe,'
- Visibly upset, Cécile Hernandez passed through the media area, crying and gesturing in confusion while a French team member patted her back, and she said she saw her 18-year-old daughter crying and told reporters 'I am proud.'
- Her résumé includes medals from Sochi, Pyeongchang and Beijing, underscoring her experience, and Hernandez was chosen as France's flag bearer, despite finishing fourth at the Milan Cortina Paralympics.
- It was described as 'one of those Friday the 13th kind of days,' with other athletes visibly upset at the Milan Cortina Paralympics, highlighting the day’s emotional atmosphere.
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Launched on a calvary day, the athlete from the Angles station failed in 4th place in the banked slalom events this Friday, unable to improve his time during the second pass.
A course of hills and jumps has to be mastered in the Banked Slalom. Christian Schmiedt is at the start of the team Germany in class LL1. Commented by Hermann Valkyser (ZDF).
The men's and women's banked slalom events, originally scheduled for Saturday, are advanced this Friday morning due to the weather.
·Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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