The women's

giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...

competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 7 February, on " Ice River" course at the Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre in

Yanqing District Yanqing District (), formerly known as Yanqing County before 2015, is a District (China), district of the municipality of Beijing located northwest of the city proper of Beijing. The district consists of 3 Subdistrict (China), subdistricts, 11 ...

. The Olympic champion was

Sara Hector Sara Maria Hector (born 4 September 1992) is a Swedish World Cup alpine ski racer. She has competed at six World Championships and won three medals in the team event, respectively in 2011, 2015 and 2021. Hector gained her first World Cup victo ...

of Sweden, for whom this is the first Olympic medal.

Federica Brignone Federica Brignone (born 14 July 1990) is an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer. She competes in all alpine disciplines, with a focus on giant slalom and super-G. Brignone won the World Cup overall title in 2020, becoming the first Italian femal ...

of Italy won silver, and Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland bronze.

Mikaela Shiffrin Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin (born March 13, 1995) is an American two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and World Cup alpine skier. She is a four-time Overall World Cup champion, a four-time world champion in slalom, and a six-time winner of the World Cup ...

was the defending champion. The silver medalist,

Ragnhild Mowinckel Ragnhild Mowinckel (born 12 September 1992) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, representing the club SK Rival. Career Born in Molde, Møre og Romsdal, Mowinckel won the gold medal at the Junior World Championships in 2012 in the gian ...

, and the bronze medalist,

, qualified as well. At the 2021–22 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, six giant slalom events were held before the Olympics.

was leading the ranking, followed by

Tessa Worley Tessa Worley (born 4 October 1989) is a French World Cup alpine ski racer and non-commissioned officer. competed in all five alpine disciplines and specialises Career Born in Annemasse, in the département of Haute-Savoie, Worley's father S ...

and Shiffrin. Lara Gut-Behrami is the 2021 world champion, with Shiffrin and Katharina Liensberger being the silver and bronze medalists, respectively. In the first run, Hector skied the fastest, followed by

Katharina Truppe Katharina Truppe (born 15 January 1996) is an Austrian FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer. Born in Villach, Carinthia, she specializes in the technical events of Slalom skiing, slalom and giant slalom. Truppe made ...

and Brignone. Shiffrin did not finish the first run and thus could not defend the title. Gut-Behrami, eighth in the first run, set the fastest time in the second run. She remained on top until Brignone has finished, with Truppe and Hector still to go. Truppe was only third overall after her finish, guaranteeing a medal for Gut-Behrami. Hector skied the eight time of the run but still finished 0.28 seconds ahead of Brignone. Sixth after the first run, Nina O'Brien crashed near the finish of her second run, badly fractured her leg, and was hospitalized.

Qualification

Results

Results are as follows:

References

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