Alpine Skiing 2022/Women's giant slalom

Women's giant slalom
General information
Sport	Alpine Skiing 2022
Date	7 February 2022
Competitors	82 athletes
Venue	Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre
Previous medalists
Gold	Mikaela Shiffrin
Silver	Ragnhild Mowinckel
Bronze	Federica Brignone
Conditions
Height	424 metres
Medalists
	Sara Hector
	Federica Brignone
	Lara Gut-Behrami

The women's giant slalom of Alpine Skiing 2022 during the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 7 February 2022 in the Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre. With 82 athletes competing, the event was won by Sara Hector from Sweden, with Federica Brignone from Italy taking the silver medal and Lara Gut-Behrami from Switzerland taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of two races. The competitor with the fastest combined time without missing any of the gates is the winner.

Preview

Eighty-two athletes qualified for the event with Sara Hector as the leader of the World Cup, though there were plenty of other medal contenders in the field. Tessa Worley, two-time world champion in the giant slalom, was her main challenger throughout the season, but defending champion Mikaela Shiffrin and 2019 world champion Petra Vlhova were also featured in the star-studded field. Ragnhild Mowinckel and Federica Brignone won silver and bronze in the event in 2018, with other medal contenders also including Marta Bassino, Maryna Gasienica-Daniel, Michelle Gisin, and Ramona Siebenhofer.

Gwyneth ten Raa was the youngest athlete to compete in the field of eighty-two at the age of 16, though she was only a month younger than Hanna Zieba and exactly six months younger than Kiana Kryeziu, and with twenty-four other competitors having been born in the 21st century. Sarah Schleper, who was the most experienced Olympian in the field, would start her sixth edition of the Olympic Games at the age of 42 after making her Olympic debut in 1998. Nino Tsiklauri and Federica Brignone followed with their fourth Olympic appearance, ahead of thirteen competitors who made their third appearances. The three defending medalists Mikaela Shiffrin, Ragnhild Mowinckel, and Brignone competed once again in 2022.

Summary

Run 1

Run 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Name	Time
1		Sara Hector	57.56
2		Katharina Truppe	57.86
3		Federica Brignone	57.98
4		Meta Hrovat	58.48
5		Ragnhild Mowinckel	58.58
6		Nina O'Brien	58.81
7		Tessa Worley	58.93
8		Lara Gut-Behrami	59.07
9		Michelle Gisin	59.17
10		Wendy Holdener	59.21
11		Maryna Gasienica-Daniel	59.24
12		Camille Rast	59.29
13		Katharina Liensberger	59.34
13		Petra Vlhova	59.34
15		Thea Louise Stjernesund	59.39
16		Ana Bucik	59.42
17		Paula Moltzan	59.57
18		Maria Therese Tviberg	59.67
19		Ramona Siebenhofer	59.86
20		Andreja Slokar	1:00.08
21		Tina Robnik	1:00.18
22		Hanna Aronsson Elfman	1:00.19
23		Clara Direz	1:00.24
24		Elena Curtoni	1:00.50
25		Alice Robinson	1:00.55
26		Coralie Frasse Sombet	1:00.91
27		Hilma Loevblom	1:01.18
28		Alex Tilley	1:01.40
29		Asa Ando	1:01.43
30		Emma Aicher	1:01.52
31		Ekaterina Tkachenko	1:01.55
32		Magdalena Luczak	1:01.96
33		Julia Pleshkova	1:02.01
34		Francesca Baruzzi Farriol	1:02.43
35		Zrinka Ljutic	1:02.50
36		Sakurako Mukogawa	1:03.39
37		Zuzanna Czapska	1:03.63
38		Gim So-hui	1:04.12
39		Polina Melnikova	1:04.13
40		Nuria Pau	1:04.19
41		Nino Tsiklauri	1:04.49
42		Noa Szollos	1:04.90
43		Kaitlyn Vesterstein	1:05.39
44		Eva Vukadinova	1:05.58
45		Anastasiia Shepilenko	1:05.95
46		Aruwin Salehhuddin	1:06.13
47		Sarah Schleper	1:06.42
48		Rebeka Jancova	1:06.56
49		Emilia Aramburo	1:07.71
50		Maria Ioana Constantin	1:08.25
50		Kong Fanying	1:08.25
52		Mialitiana Clerc	1:08.71
53		Ni Yueming	1:08.75
54		Manon Ouaiss	1:08.88
55		Vanina Guerillot	1:10.59
56		Ornella Oettl Reyes	1:12.52
57		Anna Torsani	1:13.89
58		Ozlem Carikcioglu	1:15.98
59		Kiana Kryeziu	1:18.78
60		Sarah Escobar	1:21.26
-		Marta Bassino	DNF
-		Mikaela Shiffrin	DNF
-		Mina Fuerst Holtmann	DNF
-		Valerie Grenier	DNF
-		Stephanie Brunner	DNF
-		AJ Hurt	DNF
-		Adriana Jelinkova	DNF
-		Riikka Honkanen	DNF
-		Erika Pykalainen	DNF
-		Cassidy Gray	DNF
-		Kang Young-seo	DNF
-		Elese Sommerova	DNF
-		Zita Toth	DNF
-		Holmfridur Dora Fridgeirsdottir	DNF
-		Gwyneth ten Raa	DNF
-		Tess Arbez	DNF
-		Maria-Eleni Tsiovolou	DNF
-		Mida Fah Jaiman	DNF
-		Jelena Vujicic	DNF
-		Esma Alic	DQ
-		Andrea Komsic	DNS
-		Hanna Zieba	DNS

Run 2

Run 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Name	Time
1		Lara Gut-Behrami	57.34
2		Thea Louise Stjernesund	57.50
3		Coralie Frasse Sombet	57.69
4		Maryna Gasienica-Daniel	57.87
5		Federica Brignone	57.99
6		Ragnhild Mowinckel	58.07
7		Wendy Holdener	58.11
8		Sara Hector	58.13
9		Michelle Gisin	58.36
10		Maria Therese Tviberg	58.40
11		Ana Bucik	58.47
12		Paula Moltzan	58.50
13		Meta Hrovat	58.56
14		Katharina Truppe	58.63
15		Tina Robnik	58.72
16		Petra Vlhova	58.81
17		Katharina Liensberger	58.90
18		Emma Aicher	59.00
19		Clara Direz	59.09
20		Camille Rast	59.14
21		Elena Curtoni	59.41
22		Alex Tilley	59.42
23		Asa Ando	59.56
24		Alice Robinson	1:00.27
25		Ekaterina Tkachenko	1:00.86
26		Magdalena Luczak	1:00.89
27		Zrinka Ljutic	1:01.27
28		Julia Pleshkova	1:01.31
29		Zuzanna Czapska	1:01.52
30		Francesca Baruzzi Farriol	1:01.57
31		Polina Melnikova	1:03.07
32		Gim So-hui	1:03.10
33		Sakurako Mukogawa	1:03.38
34		Kaitlyn Vesterstein	1:05.05
35		Nino Tsiklauri	1:05.38
36		Sarah Schleper	1:05.53
37		Eva Vukadinova	1:05.88
38		Aruwin Salehhuddin	1:06.15
39		Vanina Guerillot	1:06.33
40		Anastasiia Shepilenko	1:06.38
41		Kong Fanying	1:07.17
42		Mialitiana Clerc	1:07.31
43		Ni Yueming	1:08.31
44		Emilia Aramburo	1:08.61
45		Maria Iana Constantin	1:10.25
46		Ornella Oettl Reyes	1:11.53
47		Ozlem Carikcioglu	1:14.75
48		Anna Torsani	1:15.37
49		Kiana Kryeziu	1:23.41
-		Tessa Worley	DNF
-		Ramona Siebenhofer	DNF
-		Andreja Slokar	DNF
-		Hilma Loevblom	DNF
-		Hanna Aronsson Elfman	DNF
-		Nuria Pau	DNF
-		Noa Szollos	DNF
-		Rebeka Jancova	DNF
-		Manon Ouaiss	DNF
-		Sarah Escobar	DNF
-		Nina O'Brien	DQ
-		Marta Bassino	DNS
-		Mikaela Shiffrin	DNS
-		Mina Fuerst Holtmann	DNS
-		Valerie Grenier	DNS
-		Stephanie Brunner	DNS
-		AJ Hurt	DNS
-		Adriana Jelinkova	DNS
-		Riikka Honkanen	DNS
-		Erika Pykalainen	DNS
-		Cassidy Gray	DNS
-		Kang Young-seo	DNS
-		Elese Sommerova	DNS
-		Zita Toth	DNS
-		Holmfridur Dora Fridgeirsdottir	DNS
-		Gwyneth ten Raa	DNS
-		Tess Arbez	DNS
-		Maria-Eleni Tsiovolou	DNS
-		Mida Fah Jaiman	DNS
-		Jelena Vujicic	DNS
-		Esma Alic	DNS
-		Andrea Komsic	DNS
-		Hanna Zieba	DNS

Results

Sara Hector won her first Olympic medal in three appearances, after she finished in the top 10 in 2018. Federica Brignone won her second Olympic medal after her bronze medal in the same event in 2018, also having recorded three top-10 performances in 2018. Lara Gut-Behrami also won her second Olympic medal, after she won a bronze medal in the downhill event in 2014 and just missed out on the medals in the super-G in 2018 by a hundredth of a second. Katharina Truppe was on the short end of the stick in this competition, barely missed out on the medals at her Olympic debut by eight-hundredth of a second, ahead of two-time Olympic medalist and defending silver medalist Ragnhild Mowinckel and debutante Thea Louise Stjernesund. Meta Hrovat, Maryna Gasienica-Daniel, and Wendy Holdener completed the top 9 within a second from the medals.

Result	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Sara Hector	Sweden	1:55.69
	Federica Brignone	Italy	1:55.97
	Lara Gut-Behrami	Switzerland	1:56.41
4	Katharina Truppe	Austria	1:56.49
5	Ragnhild Mowinckel	Norway	1:56.65
6	Thea Louise Stjernesund	Norway	1:56.89
7	Meta Hrovat	Slovenia	1:57.04
8	Maryna Gasienica-Daniel	Poland	1:57.11
9	Wendy Holdener	Switzerland	1:57.32
10	Michelle Gisin	Switzerland	1:57.55
11	Ana Bucik	Slovenia	1:57.89
12	Paula Moltzan	United States	1:58.07
12	Maria Therese Tviberg	Norway	1:58.07
14	Petra Vlhova	Slovakia	1:58.15
15	Katharina Liensberger	Austria	1:58.24
16	Camille Rast	Switzerland	1:58.43
17	Coralie Frasse Sombet	France	1:58.60
18	Tina Robnik	Slovenia	1:58.90
19	Clara Direz	France	1:59.33
20	Elena Curtoni	Italy	1:59.91
21	Emma Aicher	Germany	2:00.52
22	Alex Tilley	Great Britain	2:00.82
22	Alice Robinson	New Zealand	2:00.82
24	Asa Ando	Japan	2:00.99
25	Ekaterina Tkachenko	ROC	2:02.41
26	Magdalena Luczak	Poland	2:02.85
27	Julia Pleshkova	ROC	2:03.32
28	Zrinka Ljutic	Croatia	2:03.77
29	Francesca Baruzzi Farriol	Argentina	2:04.00
30	Zuzanna Czapska	Poland	2:05.15
31	Sakurako Mukogawa	Japan	2:06.77
32	Polina Melnikova	ROC	2:07.20
33	Gim So-hui	South Korea	2:07.22
34	Nino Tsiklauri	Georgia	2:09.87
35	Kaitlyn Vesterstein	Estonia	2:10.44
36	Eva Vukadinova	Bulgaria	2:11.46
37	Sarah Schleper	Mexico	2:11.95
38	Aruwin Salehhuddin	Malaysia	2:12.28
39	Anastasiia Shepilenko	Ukraine	2:12.33
40	Kong Fanying	China	2:15.42
41	Mialitiana Clerc	Madagascar	2:16.02
42	Emilia Aramburo	Chile	2:16.32
43	Vanina Guerillot	Portugal	2:16.92
44	Ni Yueming	China	2:17.06
45	Maria Ioana Constantin	Romania	2:18.50
46	Ornella Oettl Reyes	Peru	2:24.05
47	Anna Torsani	San Marino	2:29.26
48	Ozlem Carikcioglu	Turkey	2:30.73
49	Kiana Kryeziu	Kosovo	2:42.19
-	Tessa Worley	France	DNF
-	Ramona Siebenhofer	Austria	DNF
-	Andreja Slokar	Slovenia	DNF
-	Hilma Loevblom	Sweden	DNF
-	Hanna Aronsson Elfman	Sweden	DNF
-	Nuria Pau	Spain	DNF
-	Noa Szollos	Israel	DNF
-	Rebeka Jancova	Slovakia	DNF
-	Manon Ouaiss	Lebanon	DNF
-	Sarah Escobar	Ecuador	DNF
-	Nina O'Brien	United States	DQ
-	Marta Bassino	Italy	DNF
-	Mikaela Shiffrin	United States	DNF
-	Mina Fuerst Holtmann	Norway	DNF
-	Valerie Grenier	Canada	DNF
-	Stephanie Brunner	Austria	DNF
-	AJ Hurt	United States	DNF
-	Adriana Jelinkova	Netherlands	DNF
-	Riikka Honkanen	Finland	DNF
-	Erika Pykalainen	Finland	DNF
-	Cassidy Gray	Canada	DNF
-	Kang Young-seo	South Korea	DNF
-	Elese Sommerova	Czech Republic	DNF
-	Zita Toth	Hungary	DNF
-	Holmfridur Dora Fridgeirsdottir	Iceland	DNF
-	Gwyneth ten Raa	Luxembourg	DNF
-	Tess Arbez	Ireland	DNF
-	Maria-Eleni Tsiovolou	Greece	DNF
-	Mida Fah Jaiman	Thailand	DNF
-	Jelena Vujicic	Montenegro	DNF
-	Esma Alic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	DQ
-	Andrea Komsic	Croatia	DNS
-	Hanna Zieba	Poland	DNS