Super-G Course "A Disaster," 18 Different Skiers Fail To Reach Finish

The ladies' super-G competition today in Sochi was a farce, with seven of the first eight competitors failing to reach the finish and a total of 18 registering DNFs on a terrible course covered with what can only generously be called "snow."

Switzerland's Lara Gut, a favorite, called the course " a disaster" in the competition won by Austria's Anna Fenninger. Among those crashing out was Dominique Gisin, who won gold in downhill earlier this week. Temperatures in Sochi reached 64 degrees today.

[CBC]