Twenty years after Jean-Pierre Vidal in Salt Lake City, Clément Noël (24) won gold in the Beijing Olympic slalom.
The Vosgien get their revenge after their fourth place in Pyeongchang.
This is the 13th medal for France in China.
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The Frenchman dominated the second run of the slalom (49''79), after his sixth place in the first act, and posted a cumulative time of 1'44''09.
The competition is far away.
Very far.
Second, the Austrian Johannes Strolz finished 61 hundredths from Christmas and the Norwegian Foss-Solevaag, third, conceded 70 hundredths.
Also note the sixteenth place of Alexis Pinturault (1'46''15, +2.06).