Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom

The women's giant slalom competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 7 February, on "Ice River" course at the Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre in Yanqing District.[1] The Olympic champion was Sara Hector of Sweden, for whom this is the first Olympic medal. Federica Brignone of Italy won silver, and Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland bronze.

Women's giant slalom
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueIce River, Yanqing District
Date7 February
Competitors82 from 49 nations
Winning time1:55.69
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sara Hector  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Federica Brignone  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lara Gut-Behrami  Switzerland
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Mikaela Shiffrin was the defending champion. The silver medalist, Ragnhild Mowinckel, and the bronze medalist, Federica Brignone, qualified as well. At the 2021–22 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, six giant slalom events were held before the Olympics. Sara Hector was leading the ranking, followed by Tessa Worley and Shiffrin. Lara Gut-Behrami is the 2021 world champion, with Shiffrin and Katharina Liensberger being the silver and bronze medalists, respectively.

In the first run, Hector skied the fastest, followed by Katharina Truppe and Brignone. Shiffrin did not finish the first run and thus could not defend the title. Gut-Behrami, eighth in the first run, set the fastest time in the second run. She remained on top until Brignone has finished, with Truppe and Hector still to go. Truppe was only third overall after her finish, guaranteeing a medal for Gut-Behrami. Hector skied the eight time of the run but still finished 0.28 seconds ahead of Brignone.

Sixth after the first run, Nina O'Brien crashed near the finish of her second run, badly fractured her leg, and was hospitalized.[2]

Qualification

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Results

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Results are as follows:[3]

Rank Bib Name Nation Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Behind
  6 Sara Hector   Sweden 57.56 1 58.13 8 1:55.69
  3 Federica Brignone   Italy 57.98 3 57.99 5 1:55.97 +0.28
  14 Lara Gut-Behrami   Switzerland 59.07 8 57.34 1 1:56.41 +0.72
4 8 Katharina Truppe   Austria 57.86 2 58.63 14 1:56.49 +0.80
5 11 Ragnhild Mowinckel   Norway 58.58 5 58.07 6 1:56.65 +0.96
6 28 Thea Louise Stjernesund   Norway 59.39 15 57.50 2 1:56.89 +1.20
7 9 Meta Hrovat   Slovenia 58.48 4 58.56 13 1:57.04 +1.35
8 12 Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel   Poland 59.24 11 57.87 4 1:57.11 +1.42
9 16 Wendy Holdener   Switzerland 59.21 10 58.11 7 1:57.32 +1.63
10 2 Michelle Gisin   Switzerland 59.19 9 58.36 9 1:57.55 +1.86
11 20 Ana Bucik   Slovenia 59.42 16 58.47 11 1:57.89 +2.20
12 26 Paula Moltzan   United States 59.57 17 58.50 12 1:58.07 +2.38
12 25 Maria Therese Tviberg   Norway 59.67 18 58.40 10 1:58.07 +2.38
14 1 Petra Vlhová   Slovakia 59.34 13 58.81 16 1:58.15 +2.46
15 15 Katharina Liensberger   Austria 59.34 13 58.90 17 1:58.24 +2.55
16 24 Camille Rast   Switzerland 59.29 12 59.14 20 1:58.43 +2.74
17 23 Coralie Frasse Sombet   France 1:00.91 26 57.69 3 1:58.60 +2.91
18 27 Tina Robnik   Slovenia 1:00.18 21 58.72 15 1:58.90 +3.21
19 30 Clara Direz   France 1:00.24 23 59.09 19 1:59.33 +3.64
20 17 Elena Curtoni   Italy 1:00.50 24 59.41 21 1:59.91 +4.22
21 44 Emma Aicher   Germany 1:01.52 30 59.00 18 2:00.52 +4.83
22 35 Alexandra Tilley   Great Britain 1:01.40 28 59.42 22 2:00.82 +5.13
22 10 Alice Robinson   New Zealand 1:00.55 25 1:00.27 24 2:00.82 +5.13
24 36 Asa Ando   Japan 1:01.43 29 59.56 23 2:00.99 +5.30
25 38 Ekaterina Tkachenko   ROC 1:01.55 31 1:00.86 25 2:02.41 +6.72
26 39 Magdalena Łuczak   Poland 1:01.96 32 1:00.89 26 2:02.85 +7.16
27 41 Julia Pleshkova   ROC 1:02.01 33 1:01.31 28 2:03.32 +7.63
28 37 Zrinka Ljutić   Croatia 1:02.50 35 1:01.27 27 2:03.77 +8.08
29 52 Francesca Baruzzi   Argentina 1:02.43 34 1:01.57 30 2:04.00 +8.31
30 42 Zuzanna Czapska   Poland 1:03.63 37 1:01.52 29 2:05.15 +9.46
31 47 Sakurako Mukogawa   Japan 1:03.39 36 1:03.38 33 2:06.77 +11.08
32 50 Polina Melnikova   ROC 1:04.13 39 1:03.07 31 2:07.20 +11.51
33 55 Gim So-hui   South Korea 1:04.12 38 1:03.10 32 2:07.22 +11.53
34 58 Nino Tsiklauri   Georgia 1:04.49 41 1:05.38 35 2:09.87 +14.18
35 62 Katie Vesterstein   Estonia 1:05.39 43 1:05.05 34 2:10.44 +14.75
36 68 Eva Vukadinova   Bulgaria 1:05.58 44 1:05.88 37 2:11.46 +15.77
37 53 Sarah Schleper   Mexico 1:06.42 47 1:05.53 36 2:11.95 +16.26
38 67 Aruwin Salehhuddin   Malaysia 1:06.13 46 1:06.15 38 2:12.28 +16.59
39 64 Anastasiia Shepilenko   Ukraine 1:05.95 45 1:06.38 40 2:12.33 +16.64
40 70 Kong Fanying   China 1:08.25 50 1:07.17 41 2:15.42 +19.73
41 59 Mialitiana Clerc   Madagascar 1:08.71 52 1:07.31 42 2:16.02 +20.33
42 69 Emilia Aramburo   Chile 1:07.71 49 1:08.61 44 2:16.32 +20.63
43 65 Vanina Guerillot   Portugal 1:10.59 55 1:06.33 39 2:16.92 +21.23
44 71 Ni Yueming   China 1:08.75 53 1:08.31 43 2:17.06 +21.37
45 76 Maria Constantin   Romania 1:08.25 50 1:10.25 45 2:18.50 +22.81
46 79 Ornella Oettl Reyes   Peru 1:12.52 56 1:11.53 46 2:24.05 +28.36
47 81 Anna Torsani   San Marino 1:13.89 57 1:15.37 48 2:29.26 +33.57
48 80 Özlem Çarıkçıoğlu   Turkey 1:15.98 58 1:14.75 47 2:30.73 +35.04
49 82 Kiana Kryeziu   Kosovo 1:18.78 59 1:23.41 49 2:42.19 +46.50
4 Tessa Worley   France 58.93 7 DNF
13 Ramona Siebenhofer   Austria 59.86 19
29 Andreja Slokar   Slovenia 1:00.08 20
33 Hilma Lövblom   Sweden 1:01.18 27
34 Hanna Aronsson Elfman   Sweden 1:00.19 22
48 Núria Pau   Spain 1:04.19 40
51 Noa Szőllős   Israel 1:04.90 42
57 Rebeka Jančová   Slovakia 1:06.56 48
75 Manon Ouaiss   Lebanon 1:08.88 54
78 Sarah Escobar   Ecuador 1:21.26 60
21 Nina O'Brien   United States 58.81 6 DSQ
5 Marta Bassino   Italy DNF
7 Mikaela Shiffrin   United States
18 Mina Fürst Holtmann   Norway
19 Valérie Grenier   Canada
22 Stephanie Brunner   Austria
31 AJ Hurt   United States
32 Adriana Jelinkova   Netherlands
40 Riikka Honkanen   Finland
45 Erika Pykäläinen   Finland
46 Cassidy Gray   Canada
49 Kang Young-seo   South Korea
54 Elese Sommerová   Czech Republic
56 Zita Tóth   Hungary
61 Hólmfríður Dóra Friðgeirsdóttir   Iceland
63 Gwyneth ten Raa   Luxembourg
66 Tess Arbez   Ireland
72 Maria-Eleni Tsiovolou   Greece
73 Mida Fah Jaiman   Thailand
77 Jelena Vujičić   Montenegro
74 Esma Alić   Bosnia and Herzegovina DSQ
43 Andrea Komšić   Croatia DNS
60 Hanna Zięba   Poland

References

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  1. ^ "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). New.inews.gtimg.com. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  2. ^ "American skier Nina O'Brien suffers multiple leg fractures in scary crash at Olympics". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
  3. ^ "Women's giant slalom results" (PDF). FIS. 7 February 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.