Mikaela Shiffrin and Ester Ledecka in combined contention as Christine Scheyer leads after downhill at Beijing 2022

Christine Scheyer leads the way in the women’s combined after posting the fastest time in the downhill at the Winter Olympics, but favourite Mikaela Shiffrin and the remarkable Ester Ledecka remain in contention going into the slalom. Shiffrin finished fifth in the downhill segment of the combined event at the Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre, 0.56 seconds behind Scheyer.

Ad/> Meanwhile, Ledecka crossed the line just 0.01 seconds off Scheyer, with the Czech – who won super-G gold four years ago – eyeing an unprecedented skiing-snowboard Olympic double-double having already defended her snowboard parallel giant slalom title at these Games. Beijing 2022'An amazing day for all the ski resorts in France' — Vidal hails impact of Noel slalom success9 HOURS AGO The second half of the combined event starts at 6am GMT, with 2014 slalom champion Shiffrin aiming to bounce back from the disappointment of her DNF in that individual event last week.

All three medallists from Pyeongchang 2018 were among the 26 competitors going for glory in the combined this time around – Gisin winning gold four years ago ahead of Shiffrin and Wendy Holdener. Reigning champion Gisin was seventh down, and by that point three-time Olympic gold medallist Ester Ledecka had set the benchmark with a time of 1:32.43.

‘I’ve learned a lot’ — Shiffrin adds team event to Olympic schedule Shiffrin reveals different mindset ahead of women’s downhill ‘Fell asleep eating goldfish’ – Shiffrin's 'tweet of the Olympics' after downhill training cancelled Gisin was 0.4 seconds in the green after the first split but a slight error further down the slope saw her finish 0.99 seconds off the pace and into third position. “She’s in a little bit of trouble!” Nick Fellows said