Women's giant slalom at the XIII Paralympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre |
Dates | 11 March |
Women's giant slalom (visually impaired) at the XIII Paralympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Competitors | 15 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
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Women's giant slalom (standing) at the XIII Paralympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Competitors | 22 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
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Women's giant slalom (sitting) at the XIII Paralympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Competitors | 13 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
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Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics | ||
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Downhill | men | women |
Giant slalom | men | women |
Slalom | men | women |
Super combined | men | women |
Super-G | men | women |
The Women's giant slalom competition of the 2022 Winter Paralympics was held at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre on 11 March 2022.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China (CHN)* | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
2 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (5 nations) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
In the giant slalom visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide. [1] The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.
Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Total | Difference [3] |
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26 | Zhang Mengqiu | China | 56.07 | 1 | 59.05 | 1 | 1:55.12 | – | |
17 | Mollie Jepsen | Canada | 57.90 | 3 | 1:03.05 | 5 | 2:00.95 | +5.83 | |
19 | Andrea Rothfuss | Germany | 59.28 | 4 | 1:02.63 | 2 | 2:01.91 | +6.79 | |
4 | 21 | Marie Bochet | France | 59.80 | 5 | 1:02.78 | 3 | 2:02.58 | +7.46 |
5 | 18 | Anna-Maria Rieder | Germany | 1:00.90 | 7 | 1:02.84 | 4 | 2:03.74 | +8.62 |
6 | 20 | Michaela Gosselin | Canada | 1:01.31 | 8 | 1:04.86 | 6 | 2:06.17 | +11.05 |
7 | 29 | Ammi Hondo | Japan | 1:03.58 | 10 | 1:07.49 | 7 | 2:11.07 | +15.95 |
8 | 25 | Guo Jiaxin | China | 1:06.52 | 12 | 1:09.63 | 9 | 2:16.15 | +21.03 |
9 | 31 | Lucija Smetiško | Croatia | 1:07.34 | 13 | 1:09.07 | 8 | 2:16.41 | +21.29 |
10 | 24 | Rae Anderson | Australia | 1:06.50 | 11 | 1:11.05 | 10 | 2:17.55 | +22.43 |
11 | 35 | Vanesa Gašková | Slovakia | 1:10.24 | 14 | 1:13.30 | 11 | 2:23.54 | +28.42 |
12 | 23 | Allie Johnson | United States | 1:10.37 | 15 | 1:15.38 | 12 | 2:25.75 | +30.63 |
13 | 30 | Noriko Kamiyama | Japan | 1:10.48 | 16 | 1:15.74 | 14 | 2:26.22 | +31.10 |
14 | 33 | Wang Qingyun | China | 1:14.43 | 17 | 1:15.60 | 13 | 2:30.03 | +34.91 |
15 | 28 | Sheina Vaspi | Israel | 1:18.87 | 19 | 1:22.31 | 15 | 2:41.18 | +46.06 |
16 | 36 | Ilma Kazazić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:18.97 | 20 | 1:24.43 | 16 | 2:43.40 | +48.28 |
16 | Ebba Årsjö | Sweden | 56.14 | 2 | DNF | N/A | |||
22 | Alana Ramsay | Canada | 1:00.78 | 6 | DNF | N/A | |||
27 | Petra Smaržová | Slovakia | 1:02.31 | 9 | DNF | N/A | |||
37 | Claudia Hernández | Chile | 1:24.35 | 21 | DNF | N/A | |||
34 | Laura Văleanu | Romania | 1:15.25 | 18 | DNS | N/A | |||
32 | Eva-Maria Joechl | Austria | DNF | N/A |
Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Total | Difference [4] |
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38 | Momoka Muraoka | Japan | 1:01.76 | 2 | 1:00.51 | 1 | 2:02.27 | – | |
39 | Liu Sitong | China | 1:00.72 | 1 | 1:08.83 | 4 | 2:09.55 | +7.28 | |
43 | Zhang Wenjing | China | 1:05.21 | 5 | 1:05.71 | 2 | 2:10.92 | +8.65 | |
4 | 41 | Anna-Lena Forster | Germany | 1:04.17 | 4 | 1:06.81 | 3 | 2:10.98 | +8.71 |
5 | 40 | Barbara van Bergen | Netherlands | 1:02.15 | 3 | 1:09.65 | 5 | 2:11.80 | +9.53 |
6 | 46 | Zhang Haiyuan | China | 1:06.62 | 6 | 1:14.37 | 6 | 2:20.99 | +18.72 |
7 | 48 | Han Shasha | China | 1:09.88 | 7 | 1:15.37 | 7 | 2:25.25 | +22.98 |
8 | 44 | Katie Combaluzier | Canada | 1:11.57 | 8 | 1:16.70 | 8 | 2:28.27 | +26.00 |
9 | 45 | Shona Brownlee | Great Britain | 1:14.20 | 9 | 1:17.88 | 9 | 2:32.08 | +29.81 |
10 | 50 | Maiju Laurila | Finland | 1:23.25 | 10 | 1:27.29 | 10 | 2:51.23 | +48.96 |
42 | Yoshiko Tanaka | Japan | DNF | N/A | |||||
47 | Norika Harada | Japan | DNF | N/A | |||||
49 | Sarah Hundert | Liechtenstein | DNF | N/A |
Australia has competed in every Winter Paralympics. In 1976, the first Games, Australia's sole competitor was Ron Finneran, but he was not an official entrant. In 1980, Kyrra Grunnsund and Peter Rickards became the first official competitors, in alpine and cross-country skiing. The number of Australian athletes increased to three, five, five and six at the next four games, respectively, and all of the athletes were alpine skiers. The participation decreased to four in 1998 and climbed back up to six in 2002. Australia won its first Winter Paralympic medals in 1992, and has medalled at every games since then. All of the medals have been won in alpine skiing.
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