Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill
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Quick Facts Women's downhill at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games, Venue ...
Women's downhill at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Jeongseon Alpine Centre, Gangwon Province, South Korea | ||||||||||||
Date | 21 February | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 39 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:39.22 | ||||||||||||
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Quick Facts Women's Downhill, Location ...
Women's Downhill | |
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Location | Jeongseon Alpine Centre |
Vertical | 730 m (2,395 ft) |
Top elevation | 1,275 m (4,183 ft) |
Base elevation | 545 m (1,788 ft) |
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The women's downhill competition of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics was held at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre in PyeongChang on Wednesday, 21 February.[1][2]
Italy's Sofia Goggia won the gold medal, Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway took the silver, and the bronze medalist was Lindsey Vonn of the United States.
The race course was 2.775 km (1.72 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 730 m (2,395 ft) from a starting elevation of 1,275 m (4,183 ft) above sea level. Goggia's winning time of 99.22 seconds yielded an average speed of 100.685 km/h (62.6 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 7.357 m/s (24.1 ft/s).