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Spain win first winter gold since 1972 as ski mountaineering debuts
Spain won a first Winter Olympics gold since 1972 when twice reigning world champion Oriol Cardona Coll triumphed in the men's ski mountaineering sprint as the sport made its Games debut on Thursday.

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2026 Winter Olympics: Ski mountaineering makes Winter Games debut
One Extraordinary Photo: Ski mountaineering makes its debut at the Olympics
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Cardona Coll makes history for Spain with men's ski mountaineering sprint gold, Fatton claims women's title

Oriol Cardona Coll won Spain's first Winter Olympics gold medal for 54 years as he claimed victory in the men's sprint in the inaugural ski mountaineering event on Thursday.
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