FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Women's downhill explained

Event:Women's downhill
Championship:FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015
Venue:Raptor
Beaver Creek, Colorado, U.S.
Date:February 6, 2015
Competitors:39
Nations:19
Win Value:1:45.89
Gold:Tina Maze
Goldnoc:SLO
Silver:Anna Fenninger
Silvernoc:AUT
Bronze:Lara Gut
Bronzenoc:SUI
Prev:2013
Next:2017
Women's Downhill
Location:Raptor
Beaver Creek, Colorado
Vertical:710m (2,330feet)
Top Elevation:3440m (11,290feet)
Base Elevation:2730m (8,960feet)
Longest Run:2.53km (01.57miles)

The Women's downhill competition at the 2015 World Championships was held on Friday, February 6.[1] [2]

Slovenia's Tina Maze won the gold medal, Anna Fenninger of Austria took the silver, and the bronze medalist was Lara Gut of Switzerland.

The race course was 2.53km (01.57miles) in length, with a vertical drop of 710m (2,330feet) from a starting elevation of 3440m (11,290feet) above sea level. Maze's winning time of 105.89 seconds yielded an average speed of 86.014km/h and an average vertical descent rate of 6.705m/s.

Results

The race started at 11:00 MST (UTC−7).[3]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Diff.
21 1:45.89
16 1:45.91 +0.02
19   1:46.23 +0.34
4 1:46.92 +1.03
22 1:46.94 +1.05
18 1:46.95 +1.06
6   1:46.97 +1.08
8 1:47.14 +1.25
15   1:47.18 +1.29
10 17 1:47.24 +1.35
11 13 1:47.27 +1.38
12 1 1:47.34 +1.45
13 5 1:47.53 +1.64
14 12 1:47.65 +1.76
15 23 1:47.87 +1.98
16 10 1:47.93 +2.04
17 14 1:47.95 +2.06
18 11 1:47.99 +2.10
19 9 1:48.05 +2.16
20 27 1:48.06 +2.17
21 7 1:48.07 +2.18
21 24 1:48.07 +2.18
23 2 1:48.27 +2.38
24 3 1:48.34 +2.45
25 29 1:48.54 +2.65
26 20 1:48.72 +2.83
27 30 1:48.78 +2.89
28 25 1:48.80 +2.91
29 26   1:48.82 +2.93
30 31 1:49.55 +3.66
31 33 1:50.43 +4.54
32 32 1:50.79 +4.90
33 35 1:51.97 +6.08
34 36 1:53.18 +7.29
35 37 1:53.77 +7.88
36 39 1:53.88 +7.99
37 38 1:54.00 +8.11
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Notes and References

  1. http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/event-details.html?event_id=34977&cal_suchsector=AL Schedule
  2. http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2015/AL/5210/2015AL5210SLR0.pdf Start list
  3. http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2015/AL/5210/2015AL5210RLR0.pdf Final Results