Gut-Behrami Transformed From Ski Prodigy To Olympic Champion
Feb 11, 2022, 11:25 AM
Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland competes during alpine skiing women's Super-G of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Photo by Chen Bin/Xinhua via Getty Images)
(Photo by Chen Bin/Xinhua via Getty Images)
BEIJING (AP) — Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland finally has her Olympic gold medal. She won the super-G at the Beijing Games.
Two-time Olympic Alpine gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin finished a distant ninth.
Gut-Behrami’s gold comes after two consecutive fourth-place finishes in super-G at the Olympics.
Lara Gut-Behrami wins the #Gold medal in the #AlpineSkiing women’s super g for Switzerland as she dominates the race!#Beijing2022
— Olympics (@Olympics) February 11, 2022
She also failed to finish her two other races in 2018. Mirjam Puchner of Austria clinched silver in her first Olympic race, finishing 0.22 seconds behind Gut-Behrami.
Michelle Gisin was 0.30 behind her Swiss teammate in third.
Defending champion Ester Ledecka failed in her bid to win an unprecedented back-to-back double.
She finished 0.43 behind in fifth.
Lara Gut-Behrami (Switzerland) is back in the podium with this new #Bronze medal in #AlpineSkiing Women's Giant Slalom!#Beijing2022 | #StrongerTogether | @SwissTeam pic.twitter.com/KdAMDruNzf
— Olympics (@Olympics) February 7, 2022
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