Chemmy 20th in Olympic Super-G
Team GB’s
Chemmy Alcott finished 20th in today’s (Saturday) Super-G at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
The Super-G discipline was her third event of her third Games – and she has two further events ahead of her, the giant slalom on Wednesday (24 February) and the slalom on Friday (26 February).
Alcott, from London, said she enjoyed the race on what was a challenging Whistler Creekside course, despite an error near the top of the hill.
“The hill is so tough,” she said. “It’s a really fast course and it was a really tough race, but I enjoyed it. I wouldn’t want an easy hill. It’s a really good course, they’ve used the terrain really well.
“It was definitely challenging and I love a challenge. I didn’t really go for it enough.
“I made a judgement error and lost a ridiculous amount of speed,” she added. “ You can’t make any mistakes here. This is the Olympic Winter Games and everyone is lifting their game.
“It’s ski racing and it’s so exciting,” she added. “It’s great to be part of this Olympic Winter Games. We’re really enjoying skiing, challenging ourselves and lifting ourselves up to another level.”
Alcott's time of 1:23.46 was 3.32 seconds behind that of Austria's Andrea Fischbacher, who won gold.
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