Strawberry’s Kelly Cashman top American Finisher in Women’s Olympic Downhill

Pingguoyuan, China….This evening local Olympian Keely Cashman flew down the Olympic Downhill course and was the highest placing US Skier. She placed 17th one place ahead of Mikaela Shiffrin.   Congratulations Keely!! She was 27th in her first race and jumped 10 placings in her second to 17th!   Keely’s early racing years were spent here locally at Bear Valley, Dodge Ridge, China Peak & Badger Pass.    Her father John Cashman was the head coach for the Bear Valley Race Team before moving to coach at Squaw Valley (Now Palisades Tahoe).   Photo below is Keely literally flying down the Super G course.  Photo from US Ski & Snowboard Team

Alpine Skiing: Women’s Downhill

GOLD
Corinne Suter
Switzerland
1:31.87

SILVER
Sofia Goggia
Italy
1:32.03
+0.16

BRONZE
Nadia Delago
Italy
1:32.44
+0.57

4
Kira Weidle
Germany
1:32.58
+0.71

5
Elena Curtoni
Italy
1:32.87
+1.00

6
Joana Haehlen
Switzerland
1:33.16
+1.29

7
Cornelia Huetter
Austria
1:33.35
+1.48

8
Mirjam Puchner
Austria
1:33.45
+1.58

8
Marie-Michele Gagnon
Canada
1:33.45
+1.58

10
Laura Gauche
France
1:33.47
+1.60

11
Nicol Delago
Italy
1:33.69
+1.82

12
Ramona Siebenhofer
Austria
1:33.81
+1.94

13
Romane Miradoli
France
1:33.93
+2.06

14
Ragnhild Mowinckel
Norway
1:33.97
+2.10

15
Jasmine Flury
Switzerland
1:34.00
+2.13

16
Lara Gut-Behrami
Switzerland
1:34.03
+2.16

17
Keely Cashman
United States
1:34.13
+2.26

18
Mikaela Shiffrin
United States
1:34.36
+2.49

19
Tamara Tippler
Austria
1:34.39
+2.52

20
Julia Pleshkova
Russian Olympic Committee
1:34.48
+2.61

21
Jacqueline Wiles
United States
1:34.60
+2.73

22
Ilka Stuhec
Slovenia
1:34.88
+3.01

23
Marusa Ferk Saioni
Slovenia
1:34.99
+3.12

24
Roni Remme
Canada
1:35.36
+3.49

25
Alice Robinson
New Zealand
1:35.57
+3.70

26
Greta Small
Australia
1:36.53
+4.66

27
Ester Ledecka
Czech Republic
1:38.18
+6.31

28
Tereza Nova
Czech Republic
1:39.38
+7.51

29
Barbora Novakova
Czech Republic
1:39.50
+7.63

30
Nevena Ignjatovic
Serbia
1:40.73
+8.86

31
Kong Fanying
China
1:44.53
+12.66

Alix Wilkinson
United States
DNF

Tiffany Gauthier
France
DNF

Elvedina Muzaferija
DNF

Camille Cerutti
France
DNF

Cande Moreno
Andorra
DNF