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The vertical drop of the Dave Murray Super-G course was 615 m (2,018 ft), starting at an elevation of 1,440 m (4,724 ft) above sea level, with a length of 2.200 km (1.37 mi). Svindal's winning time of 90.34 seconds yielded an average course speed of 87.669 km/h (54.5 mph), with an average vertical descent speed of 6.808 m/s (22.3 ft/s).
The vertical drop for a Super-G course must be between 350–650 m (1,150–2,130 ft) for men, 350–600 m (1,150–1,970 ft) for women, and 250–450 m (820–1,480 ft) for children. In the Olympic Winter Games, FIS World Ski Championships, and FIS World Cups, minimums are raised to 400 m (1,300 ft) for both men and women.
The women's super-G competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Saturday, 15 February. [1] Anna Fenninger from Austria won the race, getting her first Olympic medal. Maria Höfl-Riesch of Germany won the silver medal, and Nicole Hosp of Austria finished third.
The Franz's Super-G course started at an elevation of 1,425 m (4,675 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 600 m (1,969 ft) and a length of 2.005 km (1.25 mi). Fischbacher's winning time of 80.14 seconds yielded an average course speed of 90.067 km/h (56.0 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.487 m/s (24.6 ft/s).
The vertical drop of the course was 622 m (2,041 ft), starting at an elevation of 1,592 m (5,223 ft) above sea level, with a length of 2.096 km (1.30 mi). Jansrud's winning time of 78.14 seconds yielded an average course speed of 96.565 km/h (60.0 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.960 m/s (26.1 ft/s).
The race course was 2.010 km (1.25 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 585 m (1,919 ft) from a starting elevation of 1,130 m (3,707 ft) above sea level. Ledecká's winning time of 81.11 seconds yielded an average speed of 89.212 km/h (55.4 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 7.212 m/s (23.7 ft/s).
It was Aamodt's third victory in the Olympic super-G (1992, 2002, 2006) and eighth Olympic medal. Held on the Kandahar Banchetta piste, the course started at an elevation of 2,536 m (8,320 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 650 m (2,133 ft) and a course length of 2.325 km (1.44 mi). Aamodt's winning time of 90.65 seconds yielded an ...
The Olympiabakken course started at an elevation of 823 m (2,700 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 641 m (2,103 ft) and a course length of 2.574 km (1.60 mi). Wasmeier's winning time was 92.53 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 100.145 km/h (62.2 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 6.927 m/s (22.7 ft/s).