Austria’s Michaela Dorfmeister has taken double gold at Torino 2006, backing up after her victory in the downhill to win the women’s super-G at San Sicario Fraiteve.

32-year-old Dorfmeister, who will retire after the giant slalom on 24 February (Day 14), posted a time of one minute 32.41 seconds in her single run of the super-G.

“I go home from these Olympics with two medals and they are both gold. It’s unbelievable,” she said.

“I was happy to get going and from the first turn I had a good feeling. It was a great day and I can’t believe it.”

World Cup overall leader Janica Kostelic of Croatia, who has battled sickness over the past few days, claimed silver, finishing 0.27 seconds behind Dorfmeister.

It was Kostelic’s sixth Olympic medal and second at Torino 2006 after her victory in the combined.

“It was a good race today. I am surprised I have a medal,” Kostelic said.

Austria’s Alexandra Meissnitzer took the bronze medal finishing 0.59 seconds behind Dorfmeister. Meissnitzer praised the race officials for their efforts to get the course ready to race after heavy snow falls forced the postponement of the event for a day.

“I think they did a really good job to make sure we could race today,” she said.

“We had half a metre of snow, but in the end the course was fine.”

One of the pre-race favourites, Sweden’s Anja Paerson finished a disappointing 12th, 1.41 seconds off the pace.

 “I wanted to have a medal at the Olympics. It’s all about that,” Paerson said.

“But, I couldn’t find speed and I was fighting my way down.”

Despite her double gold at these Games, Dorfmeister said she wouldn’t be changing her mind on retiring.

“It’s fixed. I will stop me career next month. I think it’s better to go out on top,” she said.

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