Winter Olympics: Benjamin Karl wins gold and recreates a famed celebration

Benjamin Karl won the men's parallel giant slalom to claim back-to-back Olympic gold, and Norway's Sander Eitrem set an Olympic record to win the men's 5,000m.

Benjamin Karl won the men's parallel giant slalom at the Milano Cortina Games, taking back-to-back Olympic gold. The 40-year-old Austrian recreated a celebration he admired from Hermann Maier, removing his shirt, flexing and dropping onto the snow. Karl added a fourth Olympic medal to his collection and has confirmed retirement after this season. Elsewhere, Sander Eitrem set an Olympic record in the men's 5,000m, and Canadian skater Madeline Schizas dealt with an overdue university assignment while competing. Key results: - Benjamin Karl won the men's parallel giant slalom, edging Kim Sang-kyum by 0.19 seconds to take his second consecutive Olympic gold. - Karl now has four Olympic medals, adding to silver from Vancouver 2010, bronze from Sochi 2014 and gold from Beijing, and has said he will retire after this season. - Sander Eitrem won the men's 5,000m in an Olympic-record time of 6:03.95, finishing more than two and a half seconds ahead; Metodej Jilek took silver and Riccardo Lorello bronze. - Madeline Schizas informed her professor that a sociology assignment was overdue and posted that she received an extension during her Olympic competition week. - Norway recorded its third gold of the Games in speed skating, noted as the nation's 29th Olympic speed skating title overall. Summary: The day's results added to national medal tallies and highlighted individual milestones for athletes including Benjamin Karl and Sander Eitrem. Undetermined at this time.