The women's super-G competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia, on Saturday, February 20.
| Women's super-G at the XXI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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 Medalists: Maze, Fischbacher, Vonn | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Whistler Creekside | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 20 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 53 from 27 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:20.14 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Women's super-G | |
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| Location | Whistler Creekside Franz's Super-G |
| Vertical | 600 m (1,969 ft) |
| Top elevation | 1,425 m (4,675 ft) |
| Base elevation | 825 m (2,707 ft) |
Andrea Fischbacher of Austria won the gold medal, Tina Maze of Slovenia took the silver, and the bronze medalist was Lindsey Vonn of the United States, who had won gold in the downhill.[1]
The Franz's Super-G course started at an elevation of 1,425 m (4,675 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 600 m (1,969 ft) and a length of 2.005 km (1.25 mi). Fischbacher's winning time of 80.14 seconds yielded an average course speed of 90.067 km/h (56.0 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.487 m/s (24.6 ft/s).
Results edit
Saturday, February 20, 2010
The race was started at 10:00 local time, (UTC −8). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was 2.8 °C (37 °F), and the snow condition was hard packed. The temperature at the finish was 5.9 °C (43 °F).
References edit
- ^ Layden, Tim (February 20, 2010). "Vonn settles for bronze in super-G". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
External links edit
- 2010 Winter Olympics results: Ladies' Super-G, from https://web.archive.org/web/20091025194336/http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-19.