Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's super-G
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The women's super-G of the 2006 Winter Olympics was held at San Sicario, Italy, on Monday, 20 February; it was delayed a day due to poor weather conditions.
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Venue | San Sicario | ||||||||||||
Date | February 20 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 56 from 24 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:32.47 | ||||||||||||
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Location | San Sicario Fraiteve Olympique |
Vertical | 548 m (1,798 ft) |
Top elevation | 2,286 m (7,500 ft) |
Base elevation | 1,738 m (5,702 ft) |
Defending Olympic champion Daniela Ceccarelli was 37th in the current season's World Cup downhill standings, headed by Michaela Dorfmeister from Austria, followed by teammate Alexandra Meissnitzer. Anja Pärson of Sweden was defending world champion and was fourth in the current season's super-G standings.[1][2][3]
Dorfmeister won the gold medal, Janica Kostelić of Croatia took the silver,[4] and Meissnitzer was the bronze medalist; Pärson was twelfth and Ceccarelli was 31st.[5] Dorfmeister had also won the downhill gold medal five days earlier,[6] and Kostelic's medal was her sixth at the Olympics.[4]
The Fraiteve Olympique course started at an elevation of 2,286 m (7,500 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 548 m (1,798 ft) and a course length of 2.331 km (1.45 mi). Dorfmeister's winning time was 92.47 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 90.749 km/h (56.4 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 5.926 m/s (19.4 ft/s).