The women's downhill competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Wednesday, 12 February.[1] The race was won by Tina Maze of Slovenia and Dominique Gisin of Switzerland, who posted the same time. Lara Gut, also of Switzerland, was a tenth of a second back and took the bronze medal.
| Women's downhill at the XXII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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 Maze, Gisin, and Gut on the podium | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort Krasnaya Polyana, Russia | ||||||||||||
| Date | 12 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 41 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:41.57 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Women's Downhill | |
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| Location | Rosa Khutor |
| Vertical | 790 m (2,592 ft) |
| Top elevation | 1,755 m (5,758 ft) |
| Base elevation | 965 m (3,166 ft) |
Summary edit
Fabienne Suter was the first out of the gate and led until Gisin surpassed her by 0.37 seconds. Immediately after Gisin, Daniela Merighetti took a provisional second position, and stayed there until Gut, skiing 18th, replaced her at 0.10 seconds behind Gisin. Maze was the 21st racer out of the gate and led at all the intervals, but finished with exactly the same time as Gisin. The best run after Maze was by Lotte Smiseth Sejersted of Norway, who finished sixth.
Defending Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn did not participate due to a knee injury, and the other defending medalists, Julia Mancuso and Elisabeth Görgl, finished outside the podium. It was the first time any Olympic alpine event has ended in a tie for the gold.[2][3] Maze also won the first-ever gold medal for Slovenia at the Winter Olympics (since 1992), while Gisin and Gut both won their first Olympic medals.[4]
The course started at an elevation of 1,755 m (5,758 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 790 m (2,592 ft) and a length of 2.713 km (1.69 mi).[5] The winning time of 101.57 seconds yielded an average course speed of 96.158 km/h (59.7 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.778 m/s (25.5 ft/s).
Results edit
Wednesday, 12 February 2014
The race was started at 11:00 local time, (UTC+4). At the starting gate, the skies were partly cloudy, the temperature was 3.0 °C (37 °F), and the snow condition was hard. The temperature at the finish was 7.3 °C (45 °F).[5] Six racers did not finish; Tina Weirather did not start due to a season-ending injury during a training run on the course.
References edit
- ^ "Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ^ Mintz, Geoff (February 12, 2014). "Tie at the top means double gold for Gisin, Maze". Ski Racing. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
- ^ CBC live broadcast, 12 February 2014
- ^ "Women's downhill features first shared gold medal". Guardian. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ a b Final Results
External links edit
- FIS-Ski.com – 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's Downhill