Winter Olympics: Aksel Lund Svindal wins downhill gold at 35 in Pyeongchang

in fghv •  7 years ago 

Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal became the oldest Olympic alpine skiing champion as he held off Kjetil Jansrud to win downhill gold at the age of 35.

He finished 0.12 seconds ahead of compatriot Jansrud, with Swiss world champion Beat Feuz taking bronze in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Svindal won super-G gold at Vancouver 2010 but finished fourth when f_100038488_yunsung-bin_reuters.jpgavourite for the downhill at Sochi 2014.

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