11 Feb 2022

Robinson crashes out of Super-G

7:00 pm on 11 February 2022

New Zealand skier Alice Robinson has tumbled out of contention during the Super-G final in Beijing.

The 20 year old was on pace with the leader's time midway down the course when she brushed a gate and took a heavy fall, sliding across the snow for over 100 metres.

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre, Yanqing, China 7/2/2022
Alpine Skiing, Women’s Giant Slalom
New Zealand’s Alice Robinson
Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Bryan Keane

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After gingerly being helped to her feet, a disappointed Robinson slowly skied down the rest of the course on her own.

"I was going to be on the podium or be in the fence, I ended up in the fence," said Robinson in an interview after the race.

"I left it all out there."

The Queenstown-based athlete says she is unsure at this stage if she would compete in the upcoming downhill race, depending on how her body felt following the crash.

RNZ