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Parallel Giant Slalom, Women

Date	23 February 2006
Status	Olympic
Location	Bardonecchia
Participants	30 from 16 countries
Course Setter	Anders Wiggerud	SWE
Details	Gates: 24 Length: 600 m Start Altitude: 1530 m Vertical Drop: 163 m

Switzerland’s Daniela Meuli came into this event as a heavy favorite. She had won the 2005 World Championship, had led the World Cup in 2003-04, 2004-05, and was leading in the 2005-06 season. In the qualifying she raced very conservatively, to avoid a fall, and qualified only sixth, behind the leader, Russia’s Yekaterina Tudegesheva. But once match racing started it was all Meuli. She won every run in the match races, finishing up with two easy wins in the final over Germany’s Amelie Kober to secure the gold medal. Tudegesheva lost in the quarters to Austria’s Doris Günther, who lost to Kober in the semis.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Daniela Meuli	SUI	Gold
2	Amelie Kober	GER	Silver
3	Rosey Fletcher	USA	Bronze
4	Doris Günther	AUT
5	Yekaterina Tudegesheva	RUS
6	Julie Pomagalski	FRA
7	Ursula Bruhin	SUI
8	Svetlana Boldykova	RUS
9	Tomoka Takeuchi	JPN
10	Heidi Krings	AUT
11	Doresia Krings	AUT
12	Nicolien Sauerbreij	NED
13	Isabella Dal Balcon	ITA
14	Isabelle Blanc	FRA
15	Marion Posch	ITA
16	Aprilia Hägglöf	SWE
17	Jagna Marczułajtis	POL
18	Eri Yanetani	JPN
19	Corinna Boccacini	ITA
20	Alexa Loo	CAN
21	Olga Golovanova	RUS
22	Michelle Gorgone	USA
23	Petra Elsterová	CZE
24	Niina Sarias	FIN
25	Aleksandra Zhekova	BUL
26	Carmen Ranigler	ITA
27	Blanka Isielonis	POL
28	Manuela Riegler	AUT
29	Joh Shaw	AUS
DNF	Sara Fischer	SWE

Qualifying Round

Date	23 February 2006 — 11:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	19	Yekaterina Tudegesheva	RUS	1:20.85	Q
2	8	Rosey Fletcher	USA	1:20.88	Q
3	1	Julie Pomagalski	FRA	1:21.02	Q
4	2	Svetlana Boldykova	RUS	1:21.32	Q
5	4	Amelie Kober	GER	1:21.33	Q
6	14	Daniela Meuli	SUI	1:21.36	Q
7	16	Ursula Bruhin	SUI	1:21.47	Q
8	11	Doris Günther	AUT	1:21.49	Q
9	26	Tomoka Takeuchi	JPN	1:21.67	Q
10	7	Heidi Krings	AUT	1:21.79	Q
11	5	Doresia Krings	AUT	1:22.02	Q
12	25	Nicolien Sauerbreij	NED	1:22.17	Q
13	23	Isabella Dal Balcon	ITA	1:22.55	Q
14	3	Isabelle Blanc	FRA	1:22.67	Q
15	6	Marion Posch	ITA	1:22.89	Q
16	15	Aprilia Hägglöf	SWE	1:23.11	Q
17	10	Jagna Marczułajtis	POL	1:23.12
18	21	Eri Yanetani	JPN	1:23.21
19	27	Corinna Boccacini	ITA	1:23.40
20	9	Alexa Loo	CAN	1:23.51
21	28	Olga Golovanova	RUS	1:23.59
22	12	Michelle Gorgone	USA	1:24.43
23	17	Petra Elsterová	CZE	1:24.81
24	29	Niina Sarias	FIN	1:24.96
25	30	Aleksandra Zhekova	BUL	1:25.01
26	20	Carmen Ranigler	ITA	1:25.23
27	22	Blanka Isielonis	POL	1:25.87
28	13	Manuela Riegler	AUT	1:31.72
29	24	Joh Shaw	AUS	1:38.86
DNF	18	Sara Fischer	SWE	–

Eighth-Finals

Date	23 February 2006 — 14:00
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to quarter-finals.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Run 1	Run 2
1	Yekaterina Tudegesheva	RUS	–	–
2	Aprilia Hägglöf	SWE	+0.34	+0.13

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Run 1	Run 2
1	Doris Günther	AUT	–	–
2	Tomoka Takeuchi	JPN	+0.10	+0.24

Heat #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Run 1	Run 2
1	Amelie Kober	GER	+1.50	–
2	Nicolien Sauerbreij	NED	–	+0.03

Heat #4

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Run 1	Run 2
1	Svetlana Boldykova	RUS	+0.32	–
2	Isabella Dal Balcon	ITA	–	+18.13

Heat #5

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Run 1	Run 2
1	Julie Pomagalski	FRA	+0.32	–
2	Isabelle Blanc	FRA	–	+1.77

Heat #6

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Run 1	Run 2
1	Daniela Meuli	SUI	–	–
2	Doresia Krings	AUT	+0.24	+1.00

Heat #7

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Run 1	Run 2
1	Ursula Bruhin	SUI	–	–
2	Heidi Krings	AUT	+0.06	+2.06

Heat #8

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Run 1	Run 2
1	Rosey Fletcher	USA	–	–
2	Marion Posch	ITA	+0.47	+0.96

Quarter-Finals

Date	23 February 2006 — 14:34
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to semi-finals, loser advanced to classification round.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Run 1	Run 2
1	Doris Günther	AUT	–	–
2	Yekaterina Tudegesheva	RUS	+0.97	+0.66

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Run 1	Run 2
1	Amelie Kober	GER	–	–
2	Svetlana Boldykova	RUS	+0.22	+0.07

Heat #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Run 1	Run 2
1	Daniela Meuli	SUI	–	–
2	Julie Pomagalski	FRA	+1.50	+1.43

Heat #4

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Run 1	Run 2
1	Rosey Fletcher	USA	–	–
2	Ursula Bruhin	SUI	+0.12	+0.15

Classification Round 5-8

Date	23 February 2006 — 14:52
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to classification 5/6 final.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Run 1	Run 2
1	Yekaterina Tudegesheva	RUS	–	–
2	Svetlana Boldykova	RUS	+1.50	+3.69

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Run 1	Run 2
1	Julie Pomagalski	FRA	+1.50	–
2	Ursula Bruhin	SUI	–	+4.76

Semi-Finals

Date	23 February 2006 — 14:57
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to the final round.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Run 1	Run 2
1	Amelie Kober	GER	–	–
2	Doris Günther	AUT	+1.50	+3.76

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Run 1	Run 2
1	Daniela Meuli	SUI	+0.24	–
2	Rosey Fletcher	USA	–	+3.70

Final Round

Date	23 February 2006 — 15:13

Heat 1/2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Run 1	Run 2
1	Daniela Meuli	SUI	–	–
2	Amelie Kober	GER	+0.21	+15.97

Heat 3/4

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Run 1	Run 2
1	Rosey Fletcher	USA	–	–
2	Doris Günther	AUT	+1.50	+0.69

Heat 5/6

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Run 1	Run 2
1	Yekaterina Tudegesheva	RUS	–	–
2	Julie Pomagalski	FRA	+1.32	+1.04

Heat 7/8

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Run 1	Run 2
1	Ursula Bruhin	SUI	–	–
2	Svetlana Boldykova	RUS	+0.71	+1.74