Sara Hector wins gold in the women's giant slalom.
The race had to be stopped after a horrible crash by Nina O'Brien.
Now there is new information.
Olympia: women's giant slalom, 2nd round
Top favorite Mikaela Shiffrin surprisingly dropped out in the first run.
Sara Hector wins gold, Nina O'Brien crashed badly.
She has already had surgery.
Update from February 8, 9:27 a.m .:
For Nina O'Brien, the Olympic Games are over after her fall in the giant slalom.
The US skier broke her tibia and fibula.
The US Ski Association announced on Tuesday that the 24-year-old had already been treated in a clinic in Yanqing and would fly back home for further care.
According to American media, she has even had surgery in China.
O'Brien fell a few meters from the finish on Monday and slid into the run-out area.
There she was treated for minutes.
Women's Olympic giant slalom: Final score after two runs
GOLD: Sara Hector (Sweden) | |
SILVER: Federica Brignone (Italy) | + 0.28 |
BRONZE: Lara Gut-Behrami (Switzerland) | + 0.72 |
4. Katharina Troupe (Austria) | + 0.80 |
5. Ragnhild Mowinckel (Norway) | + 0.96 |
21.Emma Aicher (Germany) | + 4.83 |
1 - Sara Hector (SWE): A mistake right at the start! But then the Swede gets better and better. Man, is that exciting! It's going to be a tenth thriller... Hector keeps her cool downstairs, it's gold! The Olympic champion in giant slalom comes from Sweden! Federica Brignone wins silver, Lara Gut-Behrami finishes third and takes bronze.
Meanwhile, the ski fans are of course worried about the American Nina O'Brien. She fell badly in the second round. Anyone who has seen the pictures knows that this should be a terrible knee injury. At first there was no diagnosis.
2 - Katharina Truppe (AUT):
She has never been on the podium in a giant slalom and could cause a big surprise here.
It's a little slower than Brignone, it's not enough!
A little too timid.
No medal for troops!
Lara Gut-Behrami has secured bronze, Brignone is happy about silver for the moment.
But now comes the strong Sara Hector, who nobody could hold a candle to in the giant slalom this season.
3 - Federica Brignone (ITA):
She comes out of the starting gate with a one-second lead from the first round.
The Italian does not retreat and chooses a very direct line.
But the lead is melting... Enough!
Brignone leads and already has bronze for sure.
4 - Meta Hrovat (SLO):
It's going to be very tight!
Good drive for the Slovenian, she is fighting against the time of the Swiss - and is slower!
No medal for her, just fourth place.
Now come the top three.
More excitement is not possible!
5 - Ragnhild Mowinckel (NOR):
Super fast start by the Norwegian, but then she cants twice and loses a little time.
Below she catches up again, but she is beaten!
Lara Gut-Behrami remains in front and can raise hopes.
Second place for Mowinckel.
8.47 a.m .:
Mowinckel, Hrovat, Brignone, Troop or Hector – who will take a medal home today?
It's going on every moment.
8.44 a.m .:
There is a break, O'Brien is treated on the runway and transported away shortly afterwards.
These are images that nobody wants to see.
The top five athletes have to wait, certainly not an easy situation.
It's cold, the pressure is immense.
All five still have chances for a medal.
6 - Nina O'Brien (USA):
Spectacular driving style!
The American drives on the last groove and puts everything into it.
And that doesn't go well!
The next bad fall, the young driver hurt herself.
She immediately holds her knee and is in great pain.
The first pictures make it immediately clear: This is a serious injury.
All the best, Nina!
7 - Tessa Worley (FRA):
The little French girl is one of the biggest medal contenders.
In the first round, however, she got a lot behind.
And now she is letting time lie - and then the fall!
That looked painful.
The upper body twists, the ski opens and she crashes backwards onto the hard slope.
But she immediately gives the sign that she hasn't hurt herself too badly.
Much more hurts: The medal dream has burst.
8 - Lara Gut-Behrami (SUI):
The giant slalom world champion completes the Swiss trio.
And she sets a new personal best!
But a mistake early on could cost them the medal.
9 - Michelle Gisin (SUI):
The next Swiss woman is also not successful with her attack on the top time.
She ranks fourth behind Gisin.
The top eight are still on top - who will get a medal here?
10 - Wendy Holdener (SUI):
She's always capable of something - solid ride but not enough to reach the front.
Third place for now.
The Swiss will now focus on her parade discipline, the slalom.
11 - Maryna Gasienica-Daniel (POL):
The Pole with the complicated name obviously enjoys her ride - and can be satisfied with the result.
She cannot match Stjernesund's lead, but is good enough for second place.
Slowly it tingles, slowly it's about medals.
12 - Camille Rast (SUI):
Does she exploit the weaknesses of previous athletes?
No!
The Swiss doesn't really get going either, doesn't manage to get the skis moving.
It has nothing to do with the front seats.
13 - Katharina Liensberger (AUT):
The next disappointment!
Something didn't quite fit here with the Austrian, who normally also wanted to have a say about the medals.
More than a second behind, sixth place.
14 - Petra Vlhova (SVK):
Big surprise!
The Slovak is always one of the best skiers, but she just can't pull it together on this track today.
Disappointing fifth place for them.
15 - Thea Louise Stjernesund (NOR):
She had Corona but made it to the games in time.
The joy after a successful journey is correspondingly great, at the finish dad can look forward to a greeting.
First place by a wide margin.
16 - Ana Bucik (SLO):
Great joy at the finish, even if the Slovenian won't stay in the lead for long.
Clean ride.
Due to the many failures, Emma Aicher is still in a strong eighth place.
17 - Paula Moltzan (USA):
Hot duel between her and Tviberg - at the same time!
The American shares first place with the Norwegian.
18 - Maria Therese Tviberg (NOR):
"YES!" screams the Norwegian at the finish and grabs the lead with a lead of half a second.
That was slowly overdue.
19 - Ramona Siebenhofer (AUT):
It's the turn of the first Austrian.
Have a good trip - but then the fall!
The next rider flies off, with three goals to go.
Extremely bitter.
What's going on in this second round?
20 - Andreja Slokar (SLO):
She wanted too much!
The inner ski of the Slovenian slipped away - this resulted in a direct departure.
That wasn't a big mistake - but this snow doesn't forgive anything, Mikaela Shiffrin had to experience that painfully.
21 - Tina Robnik (SLO):
The Slovenian is the first rider to attack Frasse Sombet's lead.
In the end it's not quite enough, second place.
22 - Hanna Aronsson Elfman (SWE):
The next Swede is also eliminated!
The young athlete comes off the line and then has no chance.
23 - Clara Direz (FRA):
For long stretches she fights a virtual battle with compatriot Frasse Sombet - but in the end she makes a mistake - and is still the new second.
24 - Elena Curtoni (ITA):
The Italian has her strengths more in the speed disciplines.
The time of Frasse Sombet is out of reach for them.
25 - Alice Robinson (NZL):
The New Zealander doesn't quite get along with the material and is a little unsteady on the outside ski.
It's a used day, she falls behind Aicher.
26 - Coralie Frasse Sombet (FRA):
Emma Aicher's time in the leader box is over.
The French brings a clean run down and lands well in front of the German.
Great ride, someone has to top that first.
27 - Hilma Loevblom (SWE):
The Swede is eliminated!
And hurts your hand too.
That looked extremely unfortunate, when she swings to the left her hand gets stuck on a gate.
I hope nothing worse happened.
28 - Alexandra Tilley (GBR):
The Brit also falls behind Aicher - and by a lot!
Despite getting off to a good start, she keeps losing time.
Second place.
29 - Asa Ando (JPN)
: And Aicher immediately makes up a place.
The Japanese can't keep up with the Germans.
30 - Emma Aicher (GER):
The very young driver, who also has Swedish citizenship, shows a good drive with no faults to be seen.
If she continues like this, the 18-year-old could mature into a top athlete in the years to come.
Update from December 7th, 7.41 a.m .:
In a few minutes, the German Emma Aicher will open the second round in the giant slalom.
30 athletes are still in the running, Sara Hector, Katharina Truppe and Federica Brignone have the best chance of winning.
But a surprise cannot be ruled out.
First report from December 7th:
Yanqing - In alpine skiing there will be two medal decisions on Monday: In the postponed men's downhill race, the Swiss Beat Feuz triumphed.
In the women's giant slalom, Swede Sara Hector is ahead after the first round, closely followed by Katharina Truppe (Austria) and Federica Brignone (Italy).
There was a real shock for the American Mikaela Shiffrin: The top favorite was eliminated in the first round after a mistake at the seventh goal and could not believe it.
"I'll never get over this.
This is a big disappointment.
I missed a goal and paid the highest possible price for it.”
Olympia: women's giant slalom in the live ticker - Emma Aicher opens the second round
The aggressive artificial snow on Mount Xiaohaituo doesn't forgive mistakes - other co-favorites also got it.
Italy's Marta Bassino slipped away like Shiffrin and was eliminated.
Giant slalom world champion Lara Gut-Behrami (Switzerland) is already far behind, as is Slovakia's Petra Vlhova.
For Germany, the just 18-year-old Emma Aicher has to get the coals out of the fire.
With a deficit of almost four seconds, she finished 30th in the first run and thus opened the second round.
We will be there live from 7.45 a.m.
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