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

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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)

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]

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 18 Anna Fenninger  Austria 1:25.52
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 22 Maria Höfl-Riesch  Germany 1:26.07 +0.55
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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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