Austrian snowboarder strips down in cold temperatures during wild celebration after winning Olympic gold

Adrenaline was moving precocious for Austrian snowboarder Benjamin Karl aft winning a 2nd consecutive Olympic golden medal successful the men’s parallel elephantine slalom connected Sunday.

And that adrenaline had him not feeling the acold temperatures, arsenic helium ripped disconnected his overgarment and apparel successful celebration.

Karl, 40, was flexing his arms and screaming, ripping disconnected his overgarment and 4 layers of apparel during his celebration. He was adjacent seen look down connected the snow, which was surely cold, but helium didn’t care.

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Gold medalist Benjamin Karl of Team Austria reacts aft winning the Men’s Parallel Giant Slalom Big Final connected time 2 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games astatine Livigno Snow Park connected Feb. 8, 2026 successful Livigno, Italy. (Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

Karl was an Olympic golden medalist erstwhile again, and that’s each that mattered astatine the moment.

Before his medal-winning run, Karl was trailing South Korea’s Kim Sang-kyum for astir of the last race, erstwhile helium took afloat vantage of Kim's mistake.

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Karl crossed the decorativeness enactment 0.19 seconds up of his South Korean hostile to triumph golden astatine Livigno Snow Park. Rounding retired the podium was Bulgaria’s Tervel Zamfirov with bronze.

Gold medalist Benjamin Karl of Team Austria celebrates aft crossing the decorativeness enactment successful archetypal spot to triumph the Men’s Parallel Giant Slalom Big Final connected time 2 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games astatine Livigno Snow Park connected Feb. 8, 2026 successful Livigno, Italy. (David Ramos/Getty Images)

The assemblage astatine Livigno Snow Park loved each infinitesimal of Karl’s celebration, which surely ranks atop the archetypal reactions to winning golden astatine Milano Cortina frankincense far.

After the celebration, Karl yet redressed and joined Kim and Zamfirov connected the podium.

As the Austrian nationalist anthem played, Karl’s grin ne'er faded.

Gold medalist Benjamin Karl of Team Austria celebrates aft winning the Men’s Parallel Giant Slalom Big Final connected time 2 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games astatine Livigno Snow Park connected Feb. 8, 2026 successful Livigno, Italy. (David Ramos/Getty Images)

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He besides made Olympics history, becoming the archetypal snowboarder to triumph 4 medals. He besides won a bronze medal successful the 2014 Sochi Olympics, portion capturing metallic successful 2010 successful Vancouver astatine Whistler.

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