Marco Odermatt (C) of Switzerland, Zan Kranjec (L) of Slovenia and Mathieu Faivre of France celebrate after the alpine skiing men's giant slalom at the National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 13, 2022. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
YANQING, Beijing, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Marco Odermatt of Switzerland won his first Olympic gold medal in the Alpine skiing men's giant slalom at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games here on Sunday.
Odermatt, a five-time Junior World Championships gold medallist, finished with two minutes and 9.35 seconds to bag the gold.
Zan Kranjec of Slovenia finished 0.19 seconds behind to take the silver. French Mathieu Faivre grabbed the bronze medal in 2:10.69.
Marco Odermatt of Switzerland competes during the alpine skiing men's giant slalom at the National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 13, 2022. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
Marco Odermatt of Switzerland competes during the alpine skiing men's giant slalom at the National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 13, 2022. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
Marco Odermatt of Switzerland celebrates after the alpine skiing men's giant slalom at the National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 13, 2022. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
Marco Odermatt of Switzerland competes during the alpine skiing men's giant slalom of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 13, 2022. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)
Marco Odermatt of Switzerland competes during the alpine skiing men's giant slalom of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 13, 2022. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)
Marco Odermatt of Switzerland competes during the alpine skiing men's giant slalom of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 13, 2022. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)■