Vic Wild: 'Double gold is beyond believable'

Russian Federation snowboarder Vic Wild has said that his double triumph at the Winter Olympics in Sochi is "beyond believable".

The 27-year-old collected gold in the parallel giant slalom event on Wednesday and then followed that by winning the parallel slalom title on Saturday.

"[It's] beyond believable," Wild told reporters. "When I came to the Olympics and showed up, I had already won.

"To win the other day was the greatest feeling of my life. I can't believe it. All those power drills I did in the summer, they really paid off. Nobody could keep up.

"It has taken a lot of hard work, man. When everyone else in the summer is taking vacation, I am working hard. I train, I train, and it paid off."

Wild was born in the USA, but he switched allegiances in 2011 after marrying Russian snowboarder Alena Zavarzina.