Overview
- Federica Brignone, 35, won on home snow in 1:23.41, with France’s Romane Miradoli taking silver and Austria’s Cornelia Hütter earning bronze.
- The course’s waves and warm, moist surface contributed to 11 non-finishes among the first 30 starters, according to race reports.
- Germany’s Emma Aicher, already a double silver medalist at these Games, straddled a gate and failed to finish, and Kira Weidle-Winkelmann also exited after losing her line.
- Several favorites did not reach the finish, including Sofia Goggia, Ester Ledecká and Mirjam Puchner, with Breezy Johnson also going out after a scare.
- Brignone’s victory capped a comeback less than a year after tibia and fibula fractures with an ACL tear, while Aicher retains a medal chance in the slalom on February 18.