At the Ventron ski school, where Clément Noël made his debut, we followed the exploit of the Vosgien very closely this Wednesday, February 16. The athlete, who won the gold medal in slalom at the Beijing Olympics, “excited” Hervé Mougel, the director of the ski club.
“It’s enormous” !
“It’s really a lot of emotions”, he reacted on France Bleu Lorraine. “It’s a fantastic title, because it was smart, solid. This is what has always qualified Clément.” While the athlete finished sixth in the first run, Clément Noël managed to get ahead of his competitors by six tenths in the second. “He’s a fighter, he doesn’t let go“.
_”He always took great pleasure in skiing since he was a kid, remembers Hervé Mougel. We could see that he already had a speed of feet, by qualities quite exceptional for his age. He made the right decisions too, I think. He chose to go to Val d’Isère, a club which had a little more scope and which could provide him with good progress. And now ? Now he comes to the title of Olympic champion. It’s enormous !“