Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's super-G
| Women's super-G at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
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Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort Krasnaya Polyana, Russia |
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| Date | 15 February 2014 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 50 from 25 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:25.52 | ||||||||||||
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Anna Fenninger |
 Austria
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Maria Höfl-Riesch |
 Germany
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Nicole Hosp |
Austria
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| Location | Rosa Khutor |
| Vertical | 615 m (2,018 ft) |
| Top elevation | 1,580 m (5,184 ft) |
| Base elevation | 965 m (3,166 ft) |
The women's super-G competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Saturday, 15 February.Anna Fenninger from Austria won the race, getting her first Olympic medal. Maria Höfl-Riesch of Germany won the silver medal, and Nicole Hosp of Austria finished third. Of the 2010 medalists, only Tina Maze participated and finished fifth.
The race course was 2.100 km (1.30 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 615 m (2,018 ft). Gold medalist Fenninger had an average speed of 88.400 km/h (54.93 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 7.191 m/s (23.59 ft/s). The temperature at the starting gate at 1,580 m (5,184 ft) was 7 °C (45 °F) and skies were mostly clear.
Eighteen of the 49 competitors did not finish, including seven of the first eight racers on the course.
The gold medal awarded in this event featured a fragment from the Chelyabinsk meteor to commemorate the first anniversary of this meteor strike.
The race was started at 11:00.
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