BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- In the women's slalom competition of alpine skiing at the Beijing Winter Olympics held on the 9th, Slovakia's Pietra Vrkhova came in first and won the event with a time of 1 minute 44.98 seconds in two rounds of skating. Another favorite to win the championship, the American athlete Mikaela Shiffrin, known as the "Queen of Alpine Skiing", once again lost the game.
Slovakia's Pietra Vrkhova won gold in the women's reclining. China News Service reporter He Penglei photographed
According to the rules of the tournament, the women's slalom competition is held in two rounds, and the results of the two rounds are added together, and the shortest time wins. Before the competition, the two gold medalists of the Winter Olympics, Shiffrin, was a favorite to win the championship, and as a hot star in the alpine skiing women's event, she won countless honors: the youngest alpine skiing Olympic champion, six World Championships, Pyeongchang Winter Olympics gold medal in the women's all-around... Based on her past brilliant achievements, people have high hopes for her.
However, in the first round of the women's slalom held on the morning of the 9th, The 7th Shiflin, who came out, was upset and did not finish the match, and after failing to finish the first round of the women's slalom on the 8th, he accidentally lost his hand in the women's slalom match again.
Slovakia's Pietra Vrkhova was celebrated by her teammates after winning the match. Photo by Cui Nan, a reporter from China News Service
In the first round, Vrkhova played steadily, slipping a good time of 52.89 seconds, temporarily ranking 8th; in the second round, she performed bravely, ranking first in the second round with a perfect time of 52.09 seconds, and the two rounds took a total of 1:44.98 to finish the gold medal in the women's turn.
Austria's Katarina Linsberg and Switzerland's Wendy Haldner won silver and bronze in 1:45.06 and 1:45.10, respectively.
China's Kong Fanying finished 47th with a two-round glide of 2:11.95. In the women's slalom competition of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Kong Fanying failed to finish the game, and the successful completion of the tournament in Beijing can also be regarded as making up for regrets. Another Chinese player, Ni Yueming, and Hong Kong's Jin Hexiao, missed the flag gate in the first round and failed to finish the match. (End)