FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 – Women's downhill
Women's downhill at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 | ||||||||||
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Venue | Åre ski resort | |||||||||
Location | Åre, Sweden | |||||||||
Dates | 10 February | |||||||||
Competitors | 37 from 16 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:01.74 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 | ||
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Combined | men | women |
Downhill | men | women |
Giant slalom | men | women |
Slalom | men | women |
Super-G | men | women |
Team | mixed | |
Women's Downhill | |
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Location | Åre, Sweden |
Vertical | 502 m (1,647 ft) |
Top elevation | 898 m (2,946 ft) |
Base elevation | 396 m (1,299 ft) |
Longest run | 1.670 km (1.04 mi) |
The Women's downhill competition at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 was held on Sunday, 10 February.[1][2][3][4]
In the final event of her international career, Lindsey Vonn of the United States won the bronze medal, a half-second behind repeat champion Ilka Štuhec of Slovenia, and Switzerland's Corinne Suter took the silver.[3][4]
The race course was 1.670 km (1.04 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 502 m (1,647 ft) from a starting elevation of 898 m (2,946 ft) above sea level. Štuhec's winning time of 61.74 seconds yielded an average speed of 97.376 km/h (60.5 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 8.131 m/s (26.7 ft/s).[5]
Results
[edit]The race started at 12:30 CET (UTC+1).[5] Due to high winds,[3][4] the starting point was dropped by 162 m (531 ft) to the location of the Super-G start, shortening the length by 0.566 km (0.35 mi) to 1.67 km (1.04 mi).[1][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-17. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
- ^ Start list
- ^ a b c "Lindsey Vonn wins bronze medal in final race of her skiing career". ESPN. Associated Press. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ a b c "Ilka Stuhec successfully defends downhill gold in Åre". FIS-Ski.com. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ a b c Final results