| Women's super-G at the XXII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort Krasnaya Polyana, Russia | ||||||||||||
| Date | 15 February 2014 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 50 from 25 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:25.52 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Qualification
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| Combined | men | women |
| Downhill | men | women |
| Giant slalom | men | women |
| Slalom | men | women |
| Super-G | men | women |
| Women's super-G | |
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| Location | Rosa Khutor |
| Vertical | 615 m (2,018 ft) |
| Top elevation | 1,580 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. 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.
Summary
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. 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.
The gold medal awarded in this event featured a fragment from the Chelyabinsk meteor to commemorate the first anniversary of this meteor strike.
Results
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).
References
- "Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ^ "Ladies' Super G" (PDF). Sochi, Russia: FIS. Official results. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- Mintz, Geoff (15 February 2014). "Fenninger, Hoefl-Riesch and Hosp survive DNFs for medals in SG". Ski Racing. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- 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.
- Final Results
External links
- FIS-Ski.com – 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's Super G
- Results