She looked disappointed as she crossed the Super-G finish line. Marie-Michèle Gagnon will have to do without a top 10 in this event of the Beijing Olympics.
Posted at 10:50 p.m.
Updated at 11:07 p.m.
His time of 1 min 14.65 s provisionally ranks him 14andwhile more than half of the 44 participants started.
The other Canadian, Ronni Remme, is currently part of the top 20. She crossed the finish line with a 22and provisional position and a time of 1 min 15.78 s.
The good news of the day is the descent completed by Mikaela Shiffrin. The American had suffered two falls at the start of her course during her first two events in Beijing, giant slalom and slalom. The disappointment was total.
The big star of alpine skiing nevertheless recorded a time of 1 min 14.30 s. She is removed from the podium, but stands temporarily in the top 10. She will be relieved.
Switzerland’s Lara Gut-Behrami holds first place with a time of 1 min 13.51 s. She is followed by the Austrian Mirjam Puchner (+0.22 s) and her compatriot Michelle Gisin (+0.30 s).
The Czech Ester Ledecká wanted to play a big blow during this Alpine skiing Super-G. The multidisciplinary athlete had already won gold in the snowboard parallel giant slalom. She had won on the first step of the podium during these two events in PyeongChang, in 2018.
But she was quickly dropped from the Super-G medal table. As of press time, she placed fifth, with a time of 1min 13.94s.