Snowboard news - Home delight as Benjamin Karl and Daniela Ulbing capture gold in Bad Gastein

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Updated 09/01/2019 at 17:02 GMT

Local heroes Benjamin Karl and Daniela Ulbing took gold at the World Cup parallel slalom team event in Bad Gastein.

Daniela Ulbing of Austria celebrates

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The Austrian pair were cheered on by adoring fans and gave the home crowd even more to celebrate following Claudia Riegler's home victory in the women's event.

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The riders repeated their success of 2017 with a victory in the final over Italian pair Aaron March and Nadya Ochner, steering home just over a second (1.07s) ahead of their rivals.

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