Marie-Michèle Gagnon chasing the gold in Women’s Super-Combined

Marie-Michèle Gagnon will be the sole skier representing Canada in the Women’s Super-Combined event.

The 24-year-old from Quebec is considered Canada’s best chance at a medal in female alpine skiing. Gagnon won the Super-Combined women’s World Cup this season and was the first Canadian ever to reach the podium in the discipline.

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Gagnon finished the downhill event with a time of 1:45:39, putting her well below the medal contenders. She still has to compete in the slalom event, which gets underway at 3 a.m. PT / 6 a.m. ET.

The Super-Combined event consists of one downhill run and one slalom run.

Germany’s Maria Hofl-Riesch is the defending world and Olympic champion.