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2022-02-16T10:11:41.408Z
Clément Noël became the 24-year-old Olympic champion in slalom on Wednesday in Yanqing, bringing a fourth title and a thirteenth medal to France at the Beijing Olympics. Noël is the first French Olympic champion in alpine skiing since Antoine Dénériaz, winner of downhill in 2006. He was 61/100 ahead of Austrian Johannes Strolz, who won the combined title last week, and 70/100 of Norwegian world champion Sebastian Foss-Solevaag.
Europe 1 11 a.m., February 16, 2022
Clément Noël became the 24-year-old Olympic slalom champion on Wednesday in Yanqing, bringing a fourth title and a thirteenth medal to France at the Beijing Olympics.
Noël is the first French Olympic champion in alpine skiing since Antoine Dénériaz, winner of the downhill in 2006. He was 61/100 ahead of the Austrian Johannes Strolz, titled in combined last week, and 70/100 the world champion Norwegian Sebastian Foss-Solevaag.
Source: europe1
