Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland won the women's super-G event to claim her second medal of the 2022 Winter Games.
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Switzerland won two of the medals in the women's super-G on Thursday night, with Lara Gut-Behrami taking gold and Michelle Gisin earning bronze.Puchner, who was third on the start list, took the lead when she posted a time of 1:13.73. Gisin immediately followed the Austrian and nearly bested her time, finishing in 1:13.81.
But Puchner's fellow countrywoman in Gut-Behrami was able to surpass Puchner with a time of 1:13.51, earning her second medal of the 2022 Winter Games and the first-ever super-G gold for Switzerland. Gut-Behrami, 30, finished third in the giant slalom in Beijing for her second career bronze medal. Puchner is a first-time medalist while Gisin, the reigning Olympic combined champion, is a two-time medalist.
Defending Olympic champion Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic fell short of the podium while finishing fifth .
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