JEONGSEON, South Korea (AP) — Aksel Lund Svindal became the oldest Olympic gold medalist in Alpine skiing by winning the men's downhill on Thursday at the Pyeongchang Games.
The 35-year-old Norwegian was 0.12 seconds faster than teammate Kjetil Jansrud down the 1 4/5-mile (2.9-kilometer) course. Beat Feuz of Switzerland took bronze, 0.18 behind Svindal's winning time of 1 minute, 40.25 seconds.
In what he said was most likely his last Winter Games, Svindal finally got the only downhill honor missing from his resume.
"That's probably my last Olympics, so it's a good thing I could be fast," said Svindal, who had season-ending surgery the past two years.