Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's super-G

The women's super-G competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Saturday, 15 February.[1] Anna Fenninger from Austria won the race, getting her first Olympic medal. Maria Höfl-Riesch of Germany won the silver medal, and Nicole Hosp of Austria finished third. Of the 2010 medalists, only Tina Maze participated and finished fifth.[2]

Women's super-G
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
VenueRosa Khutor Alpine Resort
Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Date15 February 2014
Competitors50 from 25 nations
Winning time1:25.52
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anna Fenninger  Austria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maria Höfl-Riesch  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nicole Hosp  Austria
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Women's super-G
LocationRosa Khutor
Vertical   615 m (2,018 ft)
Top elevation1,580 m (5,184 ft)  
Base elevation   965 m (3,166 ft)

Summary

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The race course was 2.100 km (1.30 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 615 m (2,018 ft) and a starting elevation of 1,580 m (5,184 ft) above sea level.[2] Fenninger's winning time of 85.52 seconds yielded an average speed of 88.400 km/h (54.9 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 7.191 m/s (23.6 ft/s).

Eighteen of the 49 competitors did not finish, including seven of the first eight racers on the course.[2][3]

The gold medal awarded in this event featured a fragment from the Chelyabinsk meteor to commemorate the first anniversary of this meteor strike.[4]

Results

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The race was started at 11:00 local time, (UTC+4). At the starting gate, the skies were partly cloudy, the temperature was 7.0 °C (44.6 °F), and the snow condition was hard. The temperature at the finish was 9.0 °C (48.2 °F).[5]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Behind
  18 Anna Fenninger   Austria 1:25.52
  22 Maria Höfl-Riesch   Germany 1:26.07 +0.55
  16 Nicole Hosp   Austria 1:26.18 +0.66
4 20 Lara Gut   Switzerland 1:26.25 +0.73
5 19 Tina Maze   Slovenia 1:26.28 +0.76
6 30 Fränzi Aufdenblatten   Switzerland 1:26.79 +1.27
7 9 Fabienne Suter   Switzerland 1:26.89 +1.37
8 14 Julia Mancuso   United States 1:27.04 +1.52
9 15 Viktoria Rebensburg   Germany 1:27.08 +1.56
10 10 Nadia Fanchini   Italy 1:27.20 +1.68
11 13 Regina Sterz   Austria 1:27.52 +2.00
12 Verena Stuffer   Italy
13 23 Ilka Štuhec   Slovenia 1:27.69 +2.17
14 24 Lotte Smiseth Sejersted   Norway 1:27.80 +2.28
15 35 Edit Miklós   Hungary 1:27.87 +2.35
16 28 Maruša Ferk   Slovenia 1:28.19 +2.67
17 33 Klára Křížová   Czech Republic 1:28.30 +2.78
18 2 Leanne Smith   United States 1:28.38 +2.86
19 27 Ragnhild Mowinckel   Norway 1:28.53 +3.01
20 31 Marie-Pier Préfontaine   Canada 1:28.67 +3.15
21 39 Sara Hector   Sweden 1:28.71 +3.19
22 42 Barbara Kantorová   Slovakia 1:28.91 +3.39
23 34 Chemmy Alcott   Great Britain 1:29.14 +3.62
24 32 Elena Yakovishina   Russia 1:29.38 +3.86
25 43 Kateřina Pauláthová   Czech Republic 1:30.17 +4.65
26 40 Macarena Simari Birkner   Argentina 1:31.10 +5.58
27 50 Bogdana Matsotska   Ukraine 1:31.58 +6.06
28 47 Anna Berecz   Hungary 1:33.07 +7.55
29 45 Helga María Vilhjálmsdóttir   Iceland 1:33.42 +7.90
30 44 Ania Monica Caill   Romania 1:33.73 +8.21
31 49 Agnese Āboltiņa   Latvia 1:36.10 +10.58
1 Carolina Ruiz Castillo   Spain DNF
3 Daniela Merighetti   Italy DNF
4 Jessica Lindell-Vikarby   Sweden DNF
5 Marie-Michèle Gagnon   Canada DNF
6 Marie Marchand-Arvier   France DNF
7 Laurenne Ross   United States DNF
8 Kajsa Kling   Sweden DNF
11 Dominique Gisin   Switzerland DNF
21 Elisabeth Görgl   Austria DNF
25 Larisa Yurkiw   Canada DNF
26 Francesca Marsaglia   Italy DNF
36 Maria Bedareva   Russia DNF
37 Karolina Chrapek   Poland DNF
38 Greta Small   Australia DNF
29 Stacey Cook   United States DNF
41 Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel   Poland DNF
46 Maria Shkanova   Belarus DNF
48 Kristína Saalová   Slovakia DNF
17 Tina Weirather   Liechtenstein DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Ladies' Super G" (PDF). Sochi, Russia: FIS. Official results. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  3. ^ Mintz, Geoff (15 February 2014). "Fenninger, Hoefl-Riesch and Hosp survive DNFs for medals in SG". Ski Racing. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  4. ^ Augustine, Bernie (25 July 2013). "Select gold medals at Sochi Olympics will include meteorite fragments to commemorate Russian meteor strike". New York Daily News. NYDailyNews.com.
  5. ^ Final Results
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