Greta eyes alpine combined after rough downhill day
Published Wed 16 Feb 2022
Greta Small hoped for a better performance than the one she finished with in the women's downhill, placing 26th in a time of 1:36.53.
Looking to improve on coming 20th in the event at PyeongChang 2018, she was strong in parts but was left to rue a couple of impactful errors.
"Everyone was putting it on the line today and I really tried to risk it to go fast," Small said.
"Unfortunately I messed up right at the two critical parts on the course, so I just couldn't carry the speed.
"[I'm] really happy with my mental attitude. I went up there risking it for the result and unfortunately it didn't pay off."
There was always a chance errors would occur as the course has the reputation for being one of the fastest and most difficult in Olympic history. In addition, Greta had to be mindful of the blustery conditions which forced a 30-minute delay to the competition.
Small finished 4.66 seconds off the pace set by gold medal winner Corinne Suter of Switzerland. Despite the result, she has the alpine combined event coming up Thursday on the same course which these lessons will be valuable for.
She will be back in action on Thursday for the Women's Alpine Combined, with the Downhill scheduled for 2.30pm AEDT and the Slalom at 5pm AEDT
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