The women's downhill of the 2006 Winter Olympics was held at San Sicario, Italy, on Wednesday, 15 February.[1]
| Women's downhill at the XX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | San Sicario | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 15 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 45 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:56.49 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Women's Downhill | |
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| Location | San Sicario Fraiteve Olympique |
| Vertical | 800 m (2,625 ft) |
| Top elevation | 2,538 m (8,327 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,738 m (5,702 ft) |
Defending Olympic champion Carole Montillet-Carles was nineteenth in the current season's World Cup downhill standings, headed by Michaela Dorfmeister from Austria. Janica Kostelić of Croatia was defending World Champion, but was fourth in the overall World Cup standings, though she did win a downhill at Bad Kleinkirchheim in mid-January.[2][3]
Dorfmeister won the gold medal, Martina Schild of Switzerland took the silver, and Anja Pärson of Sweden was the bronze medalist.[1][4] Montillet-Carles finished 28th and Kostelić did not start.
The Fraiteve Olympique course started at an elevation of 2,538 m (8,327 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 800 m (2,625 ft) and a course length of 3.058 km (1.90 mi). Dorfmeister's winning time was 116.49 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 94.504 km/h (58.7 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 6.868 m/s (22.5 ft/s).
Results edit
Wednesday, 15 February 2006
The race was started at 12:00 local time, (UTC +1). At the starting gate, the skies were mostly cloudy, the temperature was −1.6 °C (29 °F), and the snow condition was hard packed-variable.
References edit
- ^ a b "Dorfmeister's perseverance yields gold". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 16, 2006. p. D5.
- ^ "FIS-Ski - resultats". Archived from the original on 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 2006 Turin Winter Games: Women's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ Howard, Johnette (February 16, 2006). "A victory just to race". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Newsday. p. C4.