Clement Noel, of France, celebrates winning the gold medal in the men's slalom at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb 16, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (LUCA BRUNO / AP)

YANQING, Beijing - French Alpine skier Clement Noel claimed the men's slalom gold medal at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games on Wednesday.

Despite posting a sixth-best 54.30 seconds in his first run, the Frenchman regrouped in the second with a match-leading 49.79 seconds to tally a winning time of one minute and 44.09 seconds.

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Johannes Strolz, Alpine combined winner from Austria, took silver 0.61 seconds back. The bronze medal belonged to Sebastian Foss-Solevaag from Norway, 0.09 seconds further behind.