On February 15, 2022, the most exciting women's downhill competition in the alpine skiing women's event of the 24th Beijing Winter Olympics was held in the starting area of the National Alpine Ski Center in Yanqing. After a whirlwind competition, 27-year-old Swiss star Corinne Zuttle won the women's downhill gold medal in 1:31.87, becoming the queen of alpine skiing speed at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Italy's Sophia Oggia won silver in 1:32.03 and Italy's Nadia Drago won bronze in 1:32.44. It is worth mentioning that the fastest speed of the women's downhill moment was created by 29-year-old Italian Sophia Goja, who reached a staggering speed of 134.14 kilometers per hour.
Downhill, also known as alpine downhill, is the fastest single event in alpine skiing, and it can also be called a 100-meter trapeze competition similar to an athletics competition, so it has always attracted attention. Xiaohaituo Mountain Peak is 2198 meters above sea level, the starting altitude of the Beijing Winter Olympic Women's Downhilling Start point reaches 2050 meters, the altitude of the race end area is 1285 meters, the height vertical drop reaches 765 meters, the length of the track reaches 2704 meters, this track is called ROCK (rolling stone or boulder) track, of course, ROCK also means rock music, no wonder some players simply said, today let us the world's alpine skiers rock together.
The alpine skiing women's downhill competition was decided in one round, which made everyone's blood boil. The Beijing Winter Olympic Alpine Skiing Competition has been in the works for several days, and many athletes have participated in a number of individual competitions, and this time the women's downhill competition is a major test for the athletes' physical fitness. In addition, due to heavy snowfall, the women's downhill training that originally required three times was cancelled once, which increased the difficulty of the athletes' competition. However, they did not change their original intentions and came to the "Snow Flying Swallow" arena, the women's super slalom champion, the Swiss star Behrami, and the poor but most famous American Shiffrin, who was in poor form but the most famous in this Winter Olympics, made the women's downhill competition star-studded.
The women's downhill curtain opened and the snow women's flyers began to compete for ground-to-ground flights, with 31-year-old Italy's Elena Kurtoni finishing the race in 1:32.87 and czechs sliding off the track in a corner, although adjusting again, but losing medal competitiveness, Switzerland's Joanna Hellen was second in 1:33.16, and Austria's Ramona Sibenhofer was third in 1:33.81. But soon Canada's Garnion surpassed Seibenhofer in 1:33.45 to grab the third position, and before everyone could return to the taste, Austria's Puchner also tied for third with Garnion in the same 1:33.45.
Italy's Nadia Drago changed the landscape, surpassing teammate Elena Courtoni in 1:32.44 to take the first place. American Shiffrin appeared, and under the high attention of people, she finished in 1 minute 34.36 seconds and temporarily ranked 12th, and her instant speed reached 130.29 kilometers per hour.
Then, 29-year-old Italy's Sofia Goja staged an almost snow-capped car, surpassing all the runners in front of her at each speed point to win the first position by overtaking teammate Nadia Drago in 1 minute 32.03 seconds, while her instantaneous speed reached a staggering 134.14 kilometers per hour. The 15th swiss star, Corinne Zutter, a 27-year-old, was even better, winning the first position in 1:31.87 amid a lot of exclamations, her instantaneous speed reaching 131.44 km/h, and the average speed of each key link was fast and balanced. Zuttle won the women's downhill title at the 2021 Alpine Skiing World Championships in Italy when she finished at 1:34.27, this time 1:31.87 far ahead of her World Championships.
Zuttle has a wide range of hobbies, she enjoys cycling, but the most fashionable is equestrianism, as well as wakeboarding and motorboating. Zutel began learning to ski at the age of 4 and has also experienced injuries and lows, but she has a cheerful personality and has traveled all the way. There is no doubt that the women's downhill championship at the 2021 World Championships in Italy gave her enough confidence. "My ultimate dream in life is to do what I love. What I have achieved is inseparable from my hard work and the people who have never given up on me and have always supported me. I kept trying so hard that I was able to stand in this position. To all of you, I would like to say, thank you! Thank you all for spending this time with me. Zutel said
Source Beijing Daily Client | Reporters Kong Ning and Guan Xin
Edited by Hu Decheng
Process Editor Liu Weili