FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021 – Women's downhill

The Women's downhill competition at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021 was held on 13 February 2021.^[1][2][3]

Women's downhill at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021
Location	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Date	13 February
Competitors	31 from 16 nations
Winning time	1:34.27
Medalists
Corinne Suter     Switzerland   Kira Weidle    Germany   Lara Gut-Behrami     Switzerland
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Women's Downhill
Location	Olimpia delle Tofane Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Vertical	760 m (2,493 ft)
Top elevation	2,320 m (7,612 ft)
Base elevation	1,560 m (5,118 ft)
Longest run	2.660 km (1.65 mi)

Switzerland's Corinne Suter won the gold medal, Kira Weidle of Germany took the silver, and the bronze medalist was Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland.^[3]

The race course was 2.660 km (1.65 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 760 m (2,493 ft) from a starting elevation of 2,320 m (7,612 ft) above sea level. Suter's winning time of 94.27 seconds yielded an average speed of 101.580 km/h (63.1 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 8.062 m/s (26.5 ft/s).^[3]

Results

The race started at 11:00 CET (UTC+1) under clear skies. The air temperature was −8 °C (18 °F) at the starting gate and −9 °C (16 °F) at the finish.^[3]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Diff
	7	Corinne Suter	Switzerland	1:34.27	—
	11	Kira Weidle	Germany	1:34.47	+0.20
	13	Lara Gut-Behrami	Switzerland	1:34.64	+0.37
4	9	Ester Ledecká	Czech Republic	1:34.71	+0.44
5	14	Ramona Siebenhofer	Austria	1:34.77	+0.50
5	8	Michelle Gisin	Switzerland	1:34.77	+0.50
7	15	Tamara Tippler	Austria	1:34.81	+0.54
8	19	Elena Curtoni	Italy	1:35.10	+0.83
9	5	Breezy Johnson	United States	1:35.17	+0.90
10	12	Ragnhild Mowinckel	Norway	1:35.26	+0.99
11	18	Mirjam Puchner	Austria	1:35.29	+1.02
12	3	Laura Pirovano	Italy	1:35.44	+1.17
13	16	Marie-Michèle Gagnon	Canada	1:35.49	+1.22
14	17	Ilka Štuhec	Slovenia	1:35.57	+1.30
15	4	Nadia Delago	Italy	1:35.69	+1.42
16	6	Kajsa Vickhoff Lie	Norway	1:35.70	+1.43
17	1	Francesca Marsaglia	Italy	1:35.81	+1.54
18	2	Jasmina Suter	Switzerland	1:36.00	+1.73
19	10	Christine Scheyer	Austria	1:36.26	+1.99
20	22	Laura Gauché	France	1:36.41	+2.14
21	27	Isabella Wright	United States	1:36.47	+2.20
22	21	Maruša Ferk	Slovenia	1:36.53	+2.26
23	20	Tiffany Gauthier	France	1:36.61	+2.34
24	29	Jacqueline Wiles	United States	1:37.01	+2.74
25	25	Elvedina Muzaferija	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1:37.13	+2.86
26	26	Laurenne Ross	United States	1:37.30	+3.03
27	24	Julia Pleshkova	Russian Ski Federation	1:37.53	+3.26
28	23	Greta Small	Australia	1:37.68	+3.41
29	30	Lin Ivarsson	Sweden	1:37.70	+3.43
30	28	Ania Monica Caill	Romania	1:39.04	+4.77
	31	Nevena Ignjatović	Serbia	DNF