TIRANA, January 20 /ATA/ Skier Lara Colturi was declared world champion in the Alpine Skiing competition, which is taking place in St. Anton am Arlberg of Austria.
Prime Minister Edi Rama wrote in the social media that, “Lara Colturi, who was naturalized Albanian because all her family is in love with Albania, has just been announced the World Ski Champion for young women”.
“When she told me the reason she wanted to become Albanian, she passionately said that, “I want to bring gold medals to Albania” and today Lara brought our country the first gold medal in skiing”, said PM Rama.
She was declared world champion in Alpine Skiing, Super G category, at the World Ski Championships for young women.
Lara Colturi hit a time of 1:01.64, leaving behind the Swiss Grob and the Italian Calaba, triumphing among 37 competitors./p.s./
