Vic Wild, a native of White Salmon who competes for Russia, will compete tonight in snowboarding’s parallel giant slalom.  The 35-year-old Wild was a gold medalist in 2014 in both the parallel slalom and the parallel giant slalom events.  He placed 10th in parallel giant slalom in 2018, with parallel slalom having been dropped from the Olympic program.  Wild began to compete for Russia after marrying a snowboarder from the country, and seeking to leave the American snowboarding program due to what he considered a lack of funding and support for the Alpine portion of the program.  Qualifying runs take place at 7 p.m. Pacific time this evening.