It may be Park City para snowboarder Kate Delson’s first Paralympic Games, but the 20 year old is only one bronze medal away from a complete medal set.  Delson took home the gold medal on Friday in the Milano Cortina Paralympics banked slalom LL2.  She posted the top run in each of her tw o runs Friday at the Cortina Para Snowboard Park, needing her second run time of 1:02.99 to take home the win.  Delson’s winning time topped silver medalist Lisa Bunschoten of the Netherlands’ time by over half a second (0.54 seconds). Delson’s “role model, friend and roommate” Brenna Huckaby took the bronze medal.  “I’m just so happy we get to share this moment,” Delson said about her and Huckaby’s triumphs. “Someone who I’ve been watching and has been my role model, friend and roommate. Now we get to stand on the Paralympic podium together; it’s the best thing ever.” Stacking Paralympic medals alongside Delson on Friday was Noah Elliott, who sometimes trains in Park City. Delson and Elliott each won snowboard cross silver medals on Sunday in Cortina. Like Delson, Elliott dominated the LL1 field on Friday, posting the fastest times on both of his runs. While Elliott’s first run time of 58.96 was good enough for the win, he bested himself with a 58.94 second run.  Elliott’s U.S. teammate Mike Shultz took home the bronze medal. Japan’s Daichi Oguri won the silver medal with a time of 59.02.  “I’ve been working this whole time to try to get up on that first podium spot,” Elliott said. “After coming so close to that gold medal in boarder cross, I was really excited to be able to hopefully lay down the best run and see where that put me.” On Wednesday at the Tesero Cross Country Skiing Stadium, Utahn and University of Utah neuroscience Ph.D. student Sydney Peterson won the women’s 10K interval start classic standing race. It was her second Paralympic gold medal, also winning the 4×2.5K mixed relay race at the 2022 Beijing Games.  In 2023, Peterson underwent a 13 hour-plus brain and chest surgery to help counteract the effects of her dystonia, which is a neurological disorder causing involuntary muscle contractions and pain.  Her real time finish on Wednesday was 29:49.2. Norway’s Vilde Nilson took home the silver medal with a real time finish of 29:51.8. Canada’s Brittany Hudak won the bronze medal with a real time finish of 32:01. Peterson also won Tuesday’s women’s sprint classic standing race silver medal with a time of 3:35.5. Nilson won the gold medal with a time of 3:31.3. Canada’s Natalie Wilkie won Tuesday’s bronze medal with a time of 3:40.2.  “I was super excited,” Peterson told NBC Sports after her gold medal win Wednesday. “It came down to a very close race. … It’s super exciting that (family) were able to come. Four years ago, there was no one there, and it was under strict COVID regulations.” The Paralympics continue through Sunday in Northern Italy.  Catch the remainder of the Games on Peacock and the NBC family of networks. The post Park City’s Kate Delson wins Paralympic gold medal appeared first on Park Record. ...read more read less