France’s Carole Montillet has taken the gold medal in the women’s alpine skiing downhill event at the Winter Olympics. Montillet shocked the favourites with a winning time of one minute 39.56 seconds. Italian Isolde Kostner took the silver medal with Austrian favourite Renate Goetschl in third place.
The win was tinged with emotion for Montillet and the entire French team following the untimely death of their team-mate Regine Cavagnoud who was killed in a training accident last October.
"This is a tribute to Regine but it also belongs to her (Montillet). The girls needed this after what happened to them this winter. They had a very heavy burden to carry, especially Carole,” said French ski team coach Gerard Rouger.
Filed by Tom Grealis
