France's Clement Noel won the gold medal in the men's slalom competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing on Wednesday (Tuesday ET).
Noel won with a combined time of 1:44.09 in two heats. He had improved on a sixth-place finish in his first heat with a blistering 49.79 in his second run. It was the first gold medal for France in alpine skiing in over 15 years.
OlympicsClement Noel of France has won <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gold?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Gold</a> in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AlpineSkiing?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AlpineSkiing</a> men’s slalom.<br><br>This is his first Olympic medal and France’s first Olympic gold in alpine skiing since 2006.