PHOTOS: Women’s Downhill at Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics
February 12, 2014
Switzerland's Lara Gut makes a turn in the women's downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) ( Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
Tina Maze of Slovenia in action during the Women's Downhill race at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 12 February 2014. EPA/KARL-JOSEF HILDENBRAND ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
Hungary's Edit Miklos makes a turn during the women's downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa) ( Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
Argentina's Macarena Simari Birkner makes a turn during the women's downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa) ( Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
Marie Marchand-Arvier of France in action during the Women's Downhill race at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 12 February 2014. EPA/KARL-JOSEF HILDENBRAND ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
Slovenia's Tina Maze reacts skis during the Women's Alpine Skiing Downhill at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORINOLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 526968188 )
Elisabeth Goergl of Austria in action during the Women's Downhill race at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 12 February 2014. EPA/JUSTIN LANE ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
Sara Hector of Sweden in action during the Women's Downhill race at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 12 February 2014. EPA/JUSTIN LANE ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany in action during the Women's Downhill race at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 12 February 2014. EPA/KARL-JOSEF HILDENBRAND ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
Dominique Gisin of Switzerland in action during the Women's Downhill race at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 12 February 2014. EPA/KARL-JOSEF HILDENBRAND ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany in action during the Women's Downhill race at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 12 February 2014. EPA/KARL-JOSEF HILDENBRAND ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
ina Maze of Slovenia in action during the Women's Downhill race at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 12 February 2014. EPA/KARL-JOSEF HILDENBRAND ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
Fans watch the women's downhill competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) ( Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
Sara Hector of Sweden skis during the Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill on day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images) ( 468890461 )
epa04070970 Dominique Gisin of Switzerland in action during the Women's Downhill race at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 12 February 2014. EPA/JUSTIN LANE ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
France's Marie Marchand-Arvier crashes into safety netting during the women's downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
United States' Julia Mancuso makes a turn in the women's downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) ( Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
Elena Fanchini of Italy skis during the Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill on day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images) ( 468891009 )
epa04070972 Lara Gut of Switzerland in action during the Women's Downhill race at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 12 February 2014. EPA/JUSTIN LANE ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
Greta Small of Australia skis during the Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill on day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images) ( 468891549 )
Switzerland's Lara Gut makes a turn in the women's downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) ( Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway skis during the Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill on day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images) ( 468892191 )
epa04071140 Dominique Gisin of Switzerland in action during the Women's Downhill race at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 12 February 2014. EPA/KARL-JOSEF HILDENBRAND ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
Ania Monica Caill of Romania skis during the Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill on day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images) ( 468892315 )
Laurenne Ross of the United States skis during the Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill on day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images) ( 468895653 )
Fabienne Suter of Switzerland skis during the Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill on day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images) ( 468895803 )
Chemmy Alcott of Great Britain skis during the Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill on day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) ( 468896207 )
Sara Hector of Sweden skis during the Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill on day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) ( 468896299 )
SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 12: Dominique Gisin of Switzerland skis during the Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill on day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images) ( 468891683 )
Elisabeth Goergl of Austria skis during the Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill on day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) ( 468901121 )
Laurenne Ross of the United States skis during the Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill on day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images) ( 468901565 )
SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 12: Lara Gut of Switzerland skis during the Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill on day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images) ( 468891109 )
Marusa Ferk of Slovenia skis during the Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill on day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images) ( 468901647 )
Elena Fanchini of Italy skis during the Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill on day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) ( 468902551 )
Stacey Cook, of Mammoth Lakes, Calif., competes in the women's downhill race at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center Wednesday February 12, 2014. Cook finished in 17th place with a time of 1:43.05. (Photo by Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune) ( Women's downhill race at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center )
Alexandra Coletti of Monaco is carried to a helicopter after a crash during the Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill on day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images) ( 468909123 )
Dominique Gisin of Switzerland and Tina Maze of Slovenia win joint gold medals during the Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games at Rosa Khutor Alpine Centre on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Alain Grosclaude/Agence Zoom/Getty Images) ( 468914975 )
Germany's Maria Hoefl-Riesch makes a turn during the women's downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa) ( Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
United States' Stacey Cook makes a jump during the women's downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati) ( Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
Britain's Chemmy Alcott makes a turn during the women's downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa) ( Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
Russia's Maria Bedareva rests after finishing the women's downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
France's Marie Marchand-Arvier lies on the course after crashing in the women's downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) ( Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
United States' Julia Mancuso makes a turn during the women's downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.(AP Photo/Luca Bruno) ( Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
Switzerland's Dominique Gisin makes a jump in the women's downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati) ( Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
United States' Julia Mancuso reacts after finishing the women's downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.(AP Photo/Gero Breloer) ( Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
France's Marie Marchand-Arvier crashes into safety netting during the women's downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) ( Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
Slovenia's Marusa Ferk skis during the Women's Alpine Skiing Downhill at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images ( 526962045 )
Switzerland's Dominique Gisin skis in the Women's Alpine Skiing Downhill at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 526966108 )
Norway's Lotte Smiseth Sejersted skis during the Women's Alpine Skiing Downhill at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 526966673 )
Switzerland's Lara Gut skis during the Women's Alpine Skiing Downhill at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFFDIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images ( 526964646 )
Hungary's Edit Miklos competes during the Women's Alpine Skiing Downhill at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images ( 526966940 )
Slovenia's Ilka Stuhec competes during the Women's Alpine Skiing Downhill at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images ( 526967073 )
Sweden's Kajsa Kling skis during the Women's Alpine Skiing Downhill at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 526967554 )
US skier Julia Mancuso skis during the Women's Alpine Skiing Downhill at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images ( 526968574 )
United States' Julia Mancuso makes a turn during the women's downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) ( Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
Switzerland's Dominique Gisin skis during the Women's Alpine Skiing Downhill at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images ( 526971355 )
Slovenia's Tina Maze skis during the Women's Alpine Skiing Downhill at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images ( 526969080 )
Germany's Victoria Rebensburg competes during the Women's Alpine Skiing Downhill at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 526971293 )
Dominique Gisin of Switzerland reacts after her run during the Women's Downhill race at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 12 February 2014. EPA/JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
Tina Maze of Slovenia reacts after her run in the Women's Downhill race at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 12 February 2014. EPA/JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
Switzerland's Dominique Gisin reacts after finishing the Women's Alpine Skiing Downhill at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 526969164 )
Switzerland's Lara Gut reacts during the Women's Alpine Skiing Downhill at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KLEINALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 526962929 )
Tina Maze of Slovenia kisses the snow in the finish area after her run in the Women's Downhill race at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 12 February 2014. EPA/JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
Gold medallists Slovenia's Tina Maze (R) and Switzerland's Dominique Gisin stand on the podium at the Women's Alpine Skiing Downhill Flower Ceremony at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 526971358 )
(L-R) Gold medalist Dominique Gisin of Switzerland, gold medalist Tina Maze of Slovenia and bronze medalist Lara Gut of Switzerland celebrate on the podium during the flower ceremony for during the Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill on day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) ( 468891903 )
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