LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Austria's Benjamin Karl won the men's snowboard parallel giant slalom at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Sunday, while host nation Italy - led by seven-time Olympian Roland Fischnaller - fell short of the podium.
The final featured 40-year-old Karl against South Korea's Kim Sang-kyum, who is three years younger. Karl secured victory by a margin of 0.19 seconds. Bulgaria's Tervel Zamfirov claimed bronze by defeating Slovenia's Tim Mastnak in the small final.
