PHOTOS: Women’s Giant Slalom at 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics
February 18, 2014
U.S.A. skier Mikaela Shiffrin races during the first round of the ladies' giant slalom. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, February 18, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP19OLYMPICS__4AO2961 )
A fan sits in dampened conditions during the first round of the ladies' giant slalom. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, February 18, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP19OLYMPICS__4AO2808 )
Switzerland's Lara Gut races during the first round of the ladies' giant slalom. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, February 18, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP19OLYMPICS__4AO2878 )
Slovenia's Katrina Lavtar competes during the first round of the ladies' giant slalom. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, February 18, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP19OLYMPICS__4AO3203 )
U.S.A. skier Mikaela Shiffrin crosses the line during the first round of the ladies' giant slalom. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, February 18, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP19OLYMPICS__4AO2984 )
U.S.A. skier Mikaela Shiffrin races during the first round of the ladies' giant slalom. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, February 18, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP19OLYMPICS__4AO2976 )
U.S.A. skier Mikaela Shiffrin races during the first round of the ladies' giant slalom. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, February 18, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP19OLYMPICS__4AO2974 )
U.S.A. skier Mikaela Shiffrin races during the first round of the ladies' giant slalom. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, February 18, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP19OLYMPICS__4AO2970 )
Sweden's Jessica Lindell-Vikarby races during the first round of the ladies' giant slalom. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, February 18, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP19OLYMPICS__4AO2845 )
Slovenia's Tina Maze celebrates her first place finish to win the gold medal in the women's giant slalom at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) ( Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
Tina Maze of Slovenia celebrates after the Women's Giant Slalom race at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 18 February 2014. EPA/MICHAEL KAPPELER ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
Thailand's Vanessa Vanakorn reacts after the Women's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 2 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 18, 2014. ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 527206267 )
Germany's Viktoria Rebensburg passes a gate in the second run of the women's giant slalom to win the bronze medal at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.(AP Photo/Luca Bruno) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
Megan McJames of the United States makes a run during the Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom on day 11 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center on February 18, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images) ( 470072917 )
Portugal's Camille Dias competes during the Women's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 2 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 18, 2014. DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images ( 527205644 )
Austria's Anna Fenninger passes a gate in the second run of the women's giant slalom to win the silver medal at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.(AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
Italy's Denise Karbon lies on the course after crashing in the second run of the women's giant slalom at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.(AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati) ( Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
Tina Maze of Slovenia makes a run during the Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom on day 11 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center on February 18, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) ( 470053831 )
Lara Gut of Switzerland in action during the second run of the Women's Giant Slalom at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 18 February 2014. EPA/JUSTIN LANE ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
Nadia Fanchini of Italy makes a run during the Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom on day 11 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center on February 18, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images) ( 470047363 )
Switzerland's Lara Gut passes a gate in the second run of the women's giant slalom at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.(AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati) ( Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
A ski course worker waits with a shovel under heavy snow fall just before the start of the second run of the women's giant slalom at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
France's Anemone Marmottan passes a gate in the second run of the women's giant slalom at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) ( Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
Women's giant slalom winners, from left, Austria's Anna Fenninger (silver), Slovenia's Tina Maze (gold) and Germany's Viktoria Rebensburg (bronze), pose for photographers on the podium at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) ( Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
Tina Maze of Slovenia celebrates her gold medal during the flower ceremony for the Women's Giant Slalom at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 18 February 2014. EPA/HANS KLAUS TECHT ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
Anna Fenninger of Austria (silver), Tina Maze of Slovenia (gold) and Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany (bronze) during the flower ceremony for the Women's Giant Slalom at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 18 February 2014. EPA/Michael Kappeler ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
Anna Fenninger of Austria (silver), Tina Maze of Slovenia (gold) and Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany (bronze) during the flower ceremony for the Women's Giant Slalom at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 18 February 2014. EPA/ANTONIO BAT ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
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