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

Event:Women's super-G
Games:2014 Winter
Venue:Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort
Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Date:15 February 2014
Competitors:50
Nations:25
Win Value:1:25.52
Gold:Anna Fenninger
Goldnoc:AUT
Silver:Maria Höfl-Riesch
Silvernoc:GER
Bronze:Nicole Hosp
Bronzenoc:AUT
Prev:2010
Next:2018
Women's super-G
Location:Rosa Khutor
Vertical:   615m (2,018feet)
Top Elevation:1580m (5,180feet)  
Base Elevation:   965m (3,166feet)

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

The race course was 2.1km (01.3miles) in length, with a vertical drop of 615m (2,018feet) and a starting elevation of 1580m (5,180feet) above sea level.[2] Fenninger's winning time of 85.52 seconds yielded an average speed of 88.4km/h and an average vertical descent rate of 7.191m/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

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

Rank Bib Name Country Time Behind
18 1:25.52
22 1:26.07 +0.55
16 1:26.18 +0.66
20 1:26.25 +0.73
19 1:26.28 +0.76
30 1:26.79 +1.27
9 1:26.89 +1.37
14 1:27.04 +1.52
15 1:27.08 +1.56
10 10 1:27.20 +1.68
11 13 1:27.52 +2.00
12
13 23 1:27.69 +2.17
14 24 1:27.80 +2.28
15 35 1:27.87 +2.35
16 28 1:28.19 +2.67
17 33 1:28.30 +2.78
18 2 1:28.38 +2.86
19 27 1:28.53 +3.01
20 31 1:28.67 +3.15
21 39 1:28.71 +3.19
22 42 1:28.91 +3.39
23 341:29.14 +3.62
24 32 1:29.38 +3.86
25 43 1:30.17 +4.65
26 40 1:31.10 +5.58
27 50 1:31.58 +6.06
28 47 1:33.07 +7.55
29 45 1:33.42 +7.90
30 44 1:33.73 +8.21
31 49 1:36.10 +10.58
1 DNF
3 DNF
4 DNF
5 DNF
6 DNF
7 DNF
8 DNF
11 DNF
21 DNF
25 DNF
26 DNF
36 DNF
37 DNF
38 DNF
29 DNF
41 DNF
46 DNF
48 DNF
17 DNS

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Competition Schedule. SOCOG. 21 December 2013. 20 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140320041123/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/alpine-skiing-schedule-and-results. dead.
  2. Web site: Ladies' Super G . FIS . Official results . Sochi, Russia . 15 February 2014. 15 February 2014.
  3. Fenninger, Hoefl-Riesch and Hosp survive DNFs for medals in SG . Ski Racing . Mintz . Geoff . 15 February 2014 . 15 February 2014.
  4. News: Select gold medals at Sochi Olympics will include meteorite fragments to commemorate Russian meteor strike . NYDailyNews.com . Bernie . Augustine . New York Daily News . 25 July 2013 .
  5. http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2014/AL/5328/2014AL5328RLR0.pdf Final Results