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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Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
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. [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]
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]
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