The women's downhill competition of the

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was held on 15 February, on the "

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" course at Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre ski resort in

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. Corinne Suter of Switzerland, the reigning

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, won the event, which was her first Olympic medal. Defending champion

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of Italy won silver, and Nadia Delago of Italy took bronze, also her first Olympic medal. Defending silver medalist Ragnhild Mowinckel competed, but bronze medalist

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had retired from competition. Prior to the Olympics, six

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downhill events were held; Goggia was leading the ranking, followed by Suter and Ramona Siebenhofer. The "

" course was in length, with a vertical drop of from a starting

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of above

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. Suter's winning time of 91.87 seconds yielded an average speed of and an average vertical descent rate of .

Qualification

Results

The race started at 11:30 local time, (

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+8), delayed a half hour due to gusting winds. At the starting gate, the skies were variable, the temperature was , and the snow condition was hard packed.

References

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