Loic Meillard Wins Slalom Gold at the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games

In a brutal and thrilling second run, Loic Meillard won the gold medal in the Men's Slalom at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games. It's the third Olympic medal for the 29-year-old Swiss skier at the Milano-Cortina 2026 Games, after earning silver in the Team Combined and bronze in the Giant Slalom.

Meillard won the Slalom Olympic title just one year after winning the World Championship title in Saalbach.

He became the first Swiss skier to win an Olympic slalom event since Edy Reinalter's victory in St. Moritz in 1948. Since then, Swiss skiers have only earned two additional Olympic medals: Jacques Lüthy won bronze in Lake Placid in 1980, and Ramon Zenhäusern claimed silver in PyeongChang in 2018.

Fabio Gstrein finished in second place, giving Austria Men's Team its first individual medal.

Henrik Kristoffersen finished in third position and claimed his third Olympic medal in his fourth Olympic Games.

Atle Lie McGrath, who led after the first run, straddled one of the gates in the first section and failed to finish the second run, dramatically losing his chance to become the Slalom Olympic Champion.