French skier Clement Noel delivered when it mattered on Wednesday to claim Olympic slalom gold, denying Austrian Johannes Strolz a second top spot at the Beijing Games. Noel roared from sixth after the first run to his biggest career success in 1 minute 44.09 seconds. Strolz, who was dropped by the Austrian team last year but worked his way back and won the alpine combined gold last week, was unable to conserve his first-run lead and took silver .61 of a second back. Norwegian reigning world champion Sebastian Foss-Solevaag completed the podium for bronze, another nine-hundredths back as compa…