Harbin, Feb. 9 -- Japan bagged both alpine skiing gold medals after Takayuki Koyama won the men's slalom at the 9th Asian Winter Games in Yabuli on Sunday.
In the first run, Koyama finished second in 44.83 seconds. In the second run, the Japanese athlete topped the rankings with a time of 43.29 seconds and finally won in one minute and 28.12 seconds overall.
Defending champion Jung Dong-hyun of South Korea took the silver with 0.97 seconds behind, while Japan's Neo Kamada got the bronze 1.13 seconds adrift of the leader.
"The course of the second run is very speedy, I think more on speed and try to make my body warm enough, so I can turn the game around and win the competition," said Koyama.
"I was busy traveling in these days, I ju...