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

Source: BBC News:

February 15, 2018 at 11:37

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.

XXIII Olympic Winter Games
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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 favourite for the downhill at Sochi 2014.

"It feels pretty good. I'm extremely happy," said Svindal.

"The record is a thing you think about after, but right now it's just the emotions when you cross the finish line and you see that you're ahead. That's bigger than any record."

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