The women's super-G of the 2006 Winter Olympics was held at San Sicario, Italy, on Monday, 20 February; it was delayed a day due to poor weather conditions.
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| Venue | San Sicario | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 20 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 56 from 24 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:32.47 | ||||||||||||
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| Location | San Sicario Fraiteve Olympique |
| Vertical | 548 m (1,798 ft) |
| Top elevation | 2,286 m (7,500 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,738 m (5,702 ft) |
Defending Olympic champion Daniela Ceccarelli was 37th in the current season's World Cup downhill standings, headed by Michaela Dorfmeister from Austria, followed by teammate Alexandra Meissnitzer. Anja Pärson of Sweden was defending world champion and was fourth in the current season's super-G standings.[1][2][3]
Dorfmeister won the gold medal, Janica Kostelić of Croatia took the silver,[4] and Meissnitzer was the bronze medalist; Pärson was twelfth and Ceccarelli was 31st.[5] Dorfmeister had also won the downhill gold medal five days earlier,[6] and Kostelic's medal was her sixth at the Olympics.[4]
The Fraiteve Olympique course started at an elevation of 2,286 m (7,500 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 548 m (1,798 ft) and a course length of 2.331 km (1.45 mi). Dorfmeister's winning time was 92.47 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 90.749 km/h (56.4 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 5.926 m/s (19.4 ft/s).
Results edit
Monday, 20 February 2006
The race was started at 14:45 local time, (UTC +1). At the starting gate, the skies were mostly cloudy, the temperature was −2.9 °C (27 °F), and the snow condition was packed; the temperature at the finish was 1.2 °C (34 °F).
References edit
- ^ "FIS-Ski – Cup Standings". Archived from the original on 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
- ^ "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 Super-G". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Kostelic's sixth career Alpine medal sets record". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 21, 2006. p. D7.
- ^ "Alpine skiing: Women's Super-G". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 21, 2006. p. D6.
- ^ "Dorfmeister's perseverance yields gold". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 16, 2006. p. D5.