Winter Olympics: Alice Robinson out of the medals in Super-G

Alice Robinson competes during the Women's Super G on day six of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics at Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre. Photo / Getty Images

Alice Robinson has finished out of the medals in the 2026 Winter Olympics Super-G, not being able to find the form that earned her a World Cup win in December.

The giant slalom specialist was the 14th athlete down the course at Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre but could only set the seventh fastest time before eventually dropping down to finish tied eighth in the 43-strong field.

Italian veteran Federica Brignone, who broke her leg last April and only had a few World Cup events before the Games, finally claimed the Olympic gold that had eluded the 35-year-old. After a Super-G silver four years ago and bronze in 2018, Brignone got the victory on home snow in a winning time of 1m 23.41s.

France’s Romane Miradoli took silver in 1m 23.82s with Cornelia Huetter of Austria the bronze in 1m 23.932s.

Robinson was a medal hope after her first career win in the opening Super-G event of the season in St Moritz, followed by a second-place finish a week later in Val d’Isere. She looked strong for certain sections down the course, 0.19s off the gold pace midway down the course while reaching the top speed of the day at 106.08km/h, but one late entry cost her dearly as she finished in 1m 24.44s, 1.03s off gold.

Italy’s Laura Pirovano was first up with 1m 24.17s and held top spot until Brignone went into gold position with being sixth down the course.

The silver medallist from 2022, Mirjam Puchner, had a DNF early into her run which started a run of no times. Emma Aicher, who topped the podium almost a month ago in Tarvisio, was also a DNF as was 2018 gold medallist Ester Ledekda, who also missed out on another parallel snowboard gold in Italy.

Pre-race favourite Sofia Goggia was ahead of gold medal pace but also missed a gate for a DNF. After nine down the course only four had set a time. There was mist up the top of the course but it couldn’t be blamed.

Eventually, Austrian duo Cornelia Huetter and Ariane Raedler moved into silver and bronze behind Brignone before France’s Romane Miradoli then jumped into second, knocking Raedler out of the medals.

Downhill gold medallist Breezy Johnson also ended up crashing into the safety netting early in her run but was able to get up and finish the course.

In the end, 17 skiers failed to finish the course.

Robinson will return in the giant slalom on Sunday night into Monday morning NZT.

Tim Cafe, part of Robinson’s coaching staff, said he was happy with the result considering the conditions.

“When we got up in the morning there was obviously a lot of low cloud and fog around but it was cold so it was still frozen. By the time the race came around the temperature spiked and it got a bit soft. Challenging course set, lots of challenges out there for her today.

“Some of it is just about getting the first one out of the way. In these conditions, on that hill in that sort of set, if you told me a year ago she was going to be eighth I would have been over the moon. The expectations were up due to her success in Super-G this year but looking forward to Sunday. I think we’re going to have cold weather. Good clear conditions.”