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Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

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Women's downhill
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Maze, Gisin, and Gut on the podium
VenueRosa Khutor Alpine Resort
Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Date12 February
Competitors41 from 23 nations
Winning time1:41.57
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tina Maze  Slovenia
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dominique Gisin  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lara Gut  Switzerland
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Women's Downhill
LocationRosa Khutor
Vertical   790 m (2,592 ft)
Top elevation1,755 m (5,758 ft)  
Base elevation   965 m (3,166 ft)
Starting gate
The course of women's downhill in Sochi

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.

Summary

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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

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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.

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 21 Tina Maze  Slovenia 1:41.57
8 Dominique Gisin  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 18 Lara Gut  Switzerland 1:41.67 +0.10
4 9 Daniela Merighetti  Italy 1:41.84 +0.27
5 1 Fabienne Suter  Switzerland 1:41.94 +0.37
6 26 Lotte Smiseth Sejersted  Norway 1:42.01 +0.44
7 25 Edit Miklós  Hungary 1:42.28 +0.71
8 12 Julia Mancuso  United States 1:42.56 +0.99
9 5 Nicole Hosp  Austria 1:42.62 +1.05
10 27 Ilka Štuhec  Slovenia 1:42.65 +1.08
11 7 Laurenne Ross  United States 1:42.68 +1.11
12 11 Elena Fanchini  Italy 1:42.70 +1.13
13 20 Maria Höfl-Riesch  Germany 1:42.74 +1.17
14 23 Verena Stuffer  Italy 1:42.75 +1.18
15 3 Viktoria Rebensburg  Germany 1:42.76 +1.19
16 19 Elisabeth Görgl  Austria 1:42.82 +1.25
17 10 Stacey Cook  United States 1:43.05 +1.48
18 6 Maruša Ferk  Slovenia 1:43.24 +1.67
19 35 Chemmy Alcott  Great Britain 1:43.43 +1.86
20 28 Larisa Yurkiw  Canada 1:43.46 +1.89
21 29 Klára Křížová  Czech Republic 1:43.47 +1.90
22 30 Nadia Fanchini  Italy 1:43.48 +1.91
23 13 Kajsa Kling  Sweden 1:43.69 +2.12
24 14 Cornelia Hütter  Austria 1:43.82 +2.25
25 34 Sara Hector  Sweden 1:44.23 +2.66
26 2 Jacqueline Wiles  United States 1:44.35 +2.78
27 24 Ragnhild Mowinckel  Norway 1:44.43 +2.86
28 32 Elena Yakovishina  Russia 1:44.45 +2.88
29 37 Greta Small  Australia 1:44.79 +3.22
30 31 Maria Bedareva  Russia 1:45.29 +3.72
31 42 Kristína Saalová  Slovakia 1:45.98 +4.41
32 38 Macarena Simari Birkner  Argentina 1:46.44 +4.87
33 36 Karolina Chrapek  Poland 1:46.90 +5.33
34 40 Noelle Barahona  Chile 1:49.70 +8.13
35 41 Anna Berecz  Hungary 1:50.97 +9.40
16 Tina Weirather  Liechtenstein DNS
4 Marie Marchand-Arvier  France DNF
15 Carolina Ruiz Castillo  Spain DNF
17 Marianne Kaufmann-Abderhalden  Switzerland DNF
22 Anna Fenninger  Austria DNF
33 Alexandra Coletti  Monaco DNF
39 Ania Monica Caill  Romania DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  2. ^ Mintz, Geoff (February 12, 2014). "Tie at the top means double gold for Gisin, Maze". Ski Racing. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  3. ^ CBC live broadcast, 12 February 2014
  4. ^ "Women's downhill features first shared gold medal". Guardian. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  5. ^ a b Final Results
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  • FIS-Ski.com – 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's Downhill