  We review our recent determination of the strong coupling \alpha_s from the
OPAL data for non-strange hadronic tau decays. We find that \alpha_s(m^2_\tau)
=0.325+-0.018 using fixed-order perturbation theory, and
\alpha_s(m^2_\tau)=0.347+-0.025 using contour-improved perturbation theory. At
present, these values supersede any earlier determinations of the strong
coupling from hadronic tau decays, including those from ALEPH data.

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