FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021 – Women's downhill

Women's downhill
at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021
LocationCortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Date13 February
Competitors31 from 16 nations
Winning time1:34.27
Medalists
gold medal     Switzerland
silver medal    Germany
bronze medal     Switzerland
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Women's Downhill
LocationOlimpia delle Tofane
Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Vertical   760 m (2,493 ft)
Top elevation2,320 m (7,612 ft)
Base elevation1,560 m (5,118 ft)
Longest run2.660 km (1.65 mi)

The Women's downhill competition at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021 was held on 13 February 2021.[1][2][3]

Switzerland's Corinne Suter won the gold medal, Kira Weidle of Germany took the silver, and the bronze medalist was Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland.[3]

The race course was 2.660 km (1.65 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 760 m (2,493 ft) from a starting elevation of 2,320 m (7,612 ft) above sea level. Suter's winning time of 94.27 seconds yielded an average speed of 101.580 km/h (63.1 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 8.062 m/s (26.5 ft/s).[3]

Results

The race started at 11:00 CET (UTC+1) under clear skies. The air temperature was −8 °C (18 °F) at the starting gate and −9 °C (16 °F) at the finish.[3]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Diff
1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 Corinne Suter   Switzerland 1:34.27
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 11 Kira Weidle  Germany 1:34.47 +0.20
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 13 Lara Gut-Behrami   Switzerland 1:34.64 +0.37
4 9 Ester Ledecká  Czech Republic 1:34.71 +0.44
5 14 Ramona Siebenhofer  Austria 1:34.77 +0.50
5 8 Michelle Gisin   Switzerland 1:34.77 +0.50
7 15 Tamara Tippler  Austria 1:34.81 +0.54
8 19 Elena Curtoni  Italy 1:35.10 +0.83
9 5 Breezy Johnson  United States 1:35.17 +0.90
10 12 Ragnhild Mowinckel  Norway 1:35.26 +0.99
11 18 Mirjam Puchner  Austria 1:35.29 +1.02
12 3 Laura Pirovano  Italy 1:35.44 +1.17
13 16 Marie-Michèle Gagnon  Canada 1:35.49 +1.22
14 17 Ilka Štuhec  Slovenia 1:35.57 +1.30
15 4 Nadia Delago  Italy 1:35.69 +1.42
16 6 Kajsa Vickhoff Lie  Norway 1:35.70 +1.43
17 1 Francesca Marsaglia  Italy 1:35.81 +1.54
18 2 Jasmina Suter   Switzerland 1:36.00 +1.73
19 10 Christine Scheyer  Austria 1:36.26 +1.99
20 22 Laura Gauché  France 1:36.41 +2.14
21 27 Isabella Wright  United States 1:36.47 +2.20
22 21 Maruša Ferk  Slovenia 1:36.53 +2.26
23 20 Tiffany Gauthier  France 1:36.61 +2.34
24 29 Jacqueline Wiles  United States 1:37.01 +2.74
25 25 Elvedina Muzaferija  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:37.13 +2.86
26 26 Laurenne Ross  United States 1:37.30 +3.03
27 24 Julia Pleshkova  Russian Ski Federation 1:37.53 +3.26
28 23 Greta Small  Australia 1:37.68 +3.41
29 30 Lin Ivarsson  Sweden 1:37.70 +3.43
30 28 Ania Monica Caill  Romania 1:39.04 +4.77
31 Nevena Ignjatović  Serbia DNF

References

  1. ^ "Schedule". Archived from the original on 2021-02-07. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ a b c d Final results