The women's downhill course runs on the top part of Wildcard, then the bottom of Jimmy's Joker, then finishes out of the valley on Lower Franz's Run. Finally the course merges with the Dave Murray Downhill at the Grandstand finish.
The course was labeled as extremely difficult for skiers and most training runs were cancelled due to weather conditions. This resulted in several accidents during the competition. The worst accident involved Swedish skier Anja Pärson, who lost balance on the last jump before the finish, which resulted in a sixty-meter (200 ft) flight and subsequent fall, but without serious health consequences.[1] Earlier in the same place Swiss skier Dominique Gisin fell;[2] Pärson returned the very next day to win the bronze in the super combined.
Lindsey Vonn won the gold medal, teammate Julia Mancuso took the silver, and Elisabeth Görgl was the bronze medalist. Through 2019, it is the sole victory for the United States in the women's downhill at the Olympics. Görgl's mother Traudl Hecher was also a bronze medalist for Austria in this event in 1960 and 1964.
The Franz's Downhill course started at an elevation of 1,595 m (5,233 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 770 m (2,526 ft) and a length of 2.939 km (1.83 mi). Vonn's winning time of 104.19 seconds yielded an average course speed of 101.549 km/h (63.1 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.390 m/s (24.2 ft/s).
Resultsedit
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
The race was started at 11:00 local time, (UTC −8). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −1.4 °C (29.5 °F), and the snow condition was compact. The temperature at the finish was 4.3 °C (39.7 °F).
alpine, skiing, 2010, winter, olympics, women, downhill, women, downhill, competition, vancouver, 2010, olympics, held, whistler, creekside, wednesday, february, women, downhillat, olympic, winter, gamesvenuewhistler, creeksidedatefebruary, 17competitors45, fr. The women s downhill competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside on Wednesday February 17 Women s downhillat the XXI Olympic Winter GamesVenueWhistler CreeksideDateFebruary 17Competitors45 from 22 nationsWinning time1 44 19MedalistsLindsey Vonn United StatesJulia Mancuso United StatesElisabeth Gorgl Austria 20062014 Women s DownhillLocationWhistler CreeksideFranz s DownhillVertical 770 m 2 526 ft Top elevation1 595 m 5 233 ft Base elevation 825 m 2 707 ft The women s downhill course runs on the top part of Wildcard then the bottom of Jimmy s Joker then finishes out of the valley on Lower Franz s Run Finally the course merges with the Dave Murray Downhill at the Grandstand finish The course was labeled as extremely difficult for skiers and most training runs were cancelled due to weather conditions This resulted in several accidents during the competition The worst accident involved Swedish skier Anja Parson who lost balance on the last jump before the finish which resulted in a sixty meter 200 ft flight and subsequent fall but without serious health consequences 1 Earlier in the same place Swiss skier Dominique Gisin fell 2 Parson returned the very next day to win the bronze in the super combined Lindsey Vonn won the gold medal teammate Julia Mancuso took the silver and Elisabeth Gorgl was the bronze medalist Through 2019 it is the sole victory for the United States in the women s downhill at the Olympics Gorgl s mother Traudl Hecher was also a bronze medalist for Austria in this event in 1960 and 1964 The Franz s Downhill course started at an elevation of 1 595 m 5 233 ft above sea level with a vertical drop of 770 m 2 526 ft and a length of 2 939 km 1 83 mi Vonn s winning time of 104 19 seconds yielded an average course speed of 101 549 km h 63 1 mph with an average vertical descent rate of 7 390 m s 24 2 ft s Results editWednesday February 17 2010The race was started at 11 00 local time UTC 8 At the starting gate the skies were clear the temperature was 1 4 C 29 5 F and the snow condition was compact The temperature at the finish was 4 3 C 39 7 F Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference nbsp 16 Lindsey Vonn nbsp United States 1 44 19 nbsp 10 Julia Mancuso nbsp United States 1 44 75 0 56 nbsp 5 Elisabeth Gorgl nbsp Austria 1 45 65 1 464 14 Andrea Fischbacher nbsp Austria 1 45 68 1 495 18 Fabienne Suter nbsp Switzerland 1 46 17 1 986 6 Britt Janyk nbsp Canada 1 46 21 2 027 15 Marie Marchand Arvier nbsp France 1 46 22 2 038 22 Maria Riesch nbsp Germany 1 46 26 2 079 7 Lucia Recchia nbsp Italy 1 46 50 2 3110 27 Gina Stechert nbsp Germany 1 46 93 2 7411 4 Stacey Cook nbsp United States 1 46 98 2 7912 12 Nadia Styger nbsp Switzerland 1 47 22 3 0313 2 Chemmy Alcott nbsp Great Britain 1 47 31 3 1214 28 Regina Mader nbsp Austria 1 47 53 3 3415 3 Carolina Ruiz Castillo nbsp Spain 1 47 62 3 4316 17 Emily Brydon nbsp Canada 1 47 88 3 6917 8 Aurelie Revillet nbsp France 1 47 92 3 7318 24 Tina Maze nbsp Slovenia 1 47 94 3 7519 9 Nadja Kamer nbsp Switzerland 1 48 14 3 9520 36 Marusa Ferk nbsp Slovenia 1 48 24 4 0521 37 Shona Rubens nbsp Canada 1 48 53 4 3422 26 Johanna Schnarf nbsp Italy 1 48 77 4 5823 19 Ingrid Jacquemod nbsp France 1 48 85 4 6624 32 Alexandra Coletti nbsp Monaco 1 48 92 4 7325 29 Anna Fenninger nbsp Austria 1 49 95 5 7626 34 Elena Prosteva nbsp Russia 1 50 07 5 8827 31 Sarka Zahrobska nbsp Czech Republic 1 50 68 6 4928 39 Mireia Gutierrez nbsp Andorra 1 52 67 8 6829 42 Maria Belen Simari Birkner nbsp Argentina 1 53 62 9 4330 25 Jessica Lindell Vikarby nbsp Sweden 1 53 76 9 5731 38 Macarena Simari Birkner nbsp Argentina 1 54 25 10 0632 40 Agnieszka Gasienica Daniel nbsp Poland 1 55 10 10 9133 45 Maria Kirkova nbsp Bulgaria 1 56 80 12 6134 41 Noelle Barahona nbsp Chile 1 57 47 13 2835 43 Anna Berecz nbsp Hungary 1 57 86 13 6736 44 Lyudmila Fedotova nbsp Kazakhstan 2 01 58 17 3937 1 Klara Krizova nbsp Czech Republic 2 09 27 25 0833 Georgia Simmerling nbsp Canada DNS11 Dominique Gisin nbsp Switzerland DNF13 Daniela Merighetti nbsp Italy DNF20 Marion Rolland nbsp France DNF21 Anja Parson nbsp Sweden DNF30 Elena Fanchini nbsp Italy DNF35 Edith Miklos nbsp Romania DNF23 Alice McKennis nbsp United States DSQReferences edit Reuters Paerson soars in scary crash The Canadian Press Women s Olympic downhill course takes a bite out of competitionExternal links edit2010 Winter Olympics results Ladies Downhill from https web archive org web 20091025194336 http www vancouver2010 com retrieved 2010 02 16 Ski Racing com Olympics Vonn wins downhill gold Mancuso silver 2010 02 17 FIS Results Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics Women 27s downhill amp oldid 1114672230, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
