Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, Yanqing, February 11 (Reporters Wang Qinou and Lu Xianting) The women's super slalom event of alpine skiing at the Beijing Winter Olympics was completed on the 11th. World Championships champion laguer de Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland won the title. Defending champion Esther Ledecka of the Czech Republic finished fifth, failing to continue the momentum of defending his title in the parallel giant slalom of snowboarding. The two Chinese players successfully completed the match.
At the medal presentation ceremony, Swiss lara Gut-Behrami, who won the women's super slalom event in alpine skiing at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on February 11. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Bin
At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Ledetzka won the championships in both alpine skiing and snowboarding, becoming the first athlete to win gold in both divisions of the Winter Olympics. On the 8th, she just successfully defended her title in the parallel giant slalom of snowboarding.
On the 11th, Ledetzka came in second place with a time of 1:13.94. This result fell to the fourth place after the fifth runner finished the race, announcing in advance that she did not qualify for the podium.
Czech Esther Ledetzka competes in the women's super slalom in alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics on February 11. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Yichen
"I still feel a bit like on snowboarding and I'm not sure my legs have come back from snowboarding (ski slopes)." Ledetzka said after the game, "But I was very happy today, the snow here is very good and can help me make the transition faster." ”
Gut Behrami won his first Winter Olympic gold medal in 1:13.51 and Switzerland became the first team in history to win gold medals in all six categories of downhill skiing (downhill, super slalom, big slalom, slalom, mixed team, all-around).
"I had no tactics at all today." Gut-Behrami said she finished only two fourths at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, but said she "never wanted the meaning of the game, didn't want the word 'revenge' or anything like that, and only focused on the next game."
Mikaela Shifflin, who had previously made no mistakes in the first round of the women's slalom and the big slalom, finished the day and ranked ninth. "I didn't think about winning today, I'm just relieved that I don't have to tear down all my past experience and start over." She said.
China's Ni Yueming and Kong Fanying ranked 40th and 41st respectively. Kong Fanying will also participate in the downhill and all-around events, and she said that the day's race allowed her to better adapt to the track, and the race will go all out after that.
Editors: Liu Yang, Huang Xuguo, Zhou Xin, Wang Shuqing (Intern)