Date 15 February 2014 Winning time 1:25.52 | Competitors 50 from 25 nations | |
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Venue Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort
Krasnaya Polyana, Russia |
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.
The race course was 2.100 km (1.30 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 615 m (2,018 ft). Gold medalist Fenninger had an average speed of 88.400 km/h (54.93 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 7.191 m/s (23.59 ft/s). The temperature at the starting gate at 1,580 m (5,184 ft) was 7 °C (45 °F) and skies were mostly clear.
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.