
The Aigners have won six of Austria's nine medals at the Beijing Games
Austrian sisters Veronika and Elisabeth Aigner emulated brother Johannes by winning Winter Paralympic alpine skiing gold in Beijing.
Veronika, 19, who is guided by her elder sister, took gold in Friday's women's visually impaired giant slalom
Their younger sister Barbara, 16, who is a twin of Johannes, claimed bronze to spark more family celebrations.
Johannes already has two golds, a silver and a bronze from the men's visually impaired events.
The three sisters go again in Saturday's slalom while Johannes finishes his programme on Sunday.
The giant slalom was Veronika's first race of the season after she tore the cruciate ligament and meniscus in both knees in a training crash in January 2021.
She suffered a further setback when her and Elisabeth were also involved in a car accident last November which meant they were unable to compete at January's World Championships.
But they were flawless at the Yangqing National Skiing Centre with a time of one minute 52.54 seconds for their two runs - 7.31 seconds ahead of China's Zhu Daqing, who won her fourth medal from four events with Barbara, the world champion, a further 0.08secs back.
Also on the slopes, Japan's Momoka Muraoka won her third gold medal with victory in the women's seated giant slalom.
She trailed China's Liu Sitong by a second after the first run but put in a brilliant second run to win by over seven seconds.
Ice hockey final set
The USA will meet Canada in the ice hockey final on Sunday after an 11-0 win over the hosts, China.
Canada had already confirmed their place by beating South Korea by the same scoreline.
Ukraine athletes continue to focus on Games
Ukraine moved up to second in the medal table behind China thanks to three golds in the biathlon events - a third of the Games for Oksana Shyshkova (women's visually impaired) and a first gold for both Liudmyla Liashenko (women's standing) and Oleksandr Kazik (men's visually impaired) after their earlier silvers and bronzes.
All three athletes dedicated their wins to their country, which is still facing an uncertain future following the invasion by Russia.
"Every day, I don't know how I feel but I am scared about what is happening in Ukraine," said Shyshkova.
"When we go to the start, we understand that we want to protect the honour of our country.
"That is maybe what is motivating us to focus and do the best that we can during the races."
Ukraine now have 25 medals, including nine golds, with China a long way clear on 47 medals, 14 of them gold.