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<\/p>\nNew Zealand ski great Adam Hall has finally completed his Paralympic medal collection.<\/p>\n
Hall nabbed his sixth medal from his sixth Games, winning his first slalom silver to gift New Zealand its first medal on the final day at the Milan-Cortina Paralympics.<\/p>\n
Russian skier Aleksei Bugaev won gold by 2.83 seconds in the standing event, with Switzerland’s Robin Cuche trailing a further 3.18 seconds to win bronze.<\/p>\n
The 38-year-old Hall, who was born with spina bifida, shed tears as the realisation of another medal dawned on him.<\/p>\n
“So much goes into this, right? I thrive in the pressure, I thrive in this environment,” Hall said.<\/p>\n
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“To finally just see all of that happen is just a release of emotion and just losing my sh*t.”<\/p>\n
Hall described his silver medal in his favourite discipline as the missing piece.<\/p>\n
The Dunedin-born skier had won two gold slalom medals (2010, 2018), a bronze medal in super combined (2018, 2022), and a bronze medal in slalom (2022).<\/p>\n
Hall was one of just two Kiwi athletes at the Games, competing with “brother” and fellow alpine skier Corey Peters.<\/p>\n
“What was missing was what I came for,” Hall said.<\/p>\n
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Adam Hall of Team New Zealand competes during the Alpine Skiing Men’s Slalom Standing Run 1 on day nine of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympic Games at Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre. (Source: Getty)<\/p>\n
“Just in a dream, really, I don’t know what just happened.<\/p>\n
“Genuinely, if you’re at your sixth Games, you probably have no right to be on a podium, but we work really hard.”<\/p>\n
Hall’s other great mates and retired Australian alpine skiers Mitch Gourley and Toby Kane were also at the Games.<\/p>\n
Kane, who won super-G bronze medals (2006, 2014), is deputy chef de mission of team Australia.<\/p>\n
“It’s just like any old day,” Hall said.<\/p>\n
“To reconnect with some fierce world-class competitors that you spent so much of your career competing against is pretty special off the snow to have that along with working with.”<\/p>\n
Asked if he would return for the 2030 French Alps Games, Hall left the door open.<\/p>\n
“That’s every cliche athlete’s question that they get, especially when you’ve been to six Games, right?” Hall said.<\/p>\n
“But we’ll take time to enjoy this moment, reflect on it, just enjoy it, and we’ve got time. We’ll figure out what that is. Who knows?”<\/p>\n