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5:42pm - And while New Zealand won't be represented on the medal podium, Switzerland will, as the final placings go unchanged over the final stages of the Super G.
Lara Gut-Behrami takes the gold for the Swiss, with teammate Michelle Gisin grabbing bronze.
Gut-Behrami (Switzerland) 1m 13.51s 1, Puchner (Austria) 1m 13.73s 2, Gisin (Switzerland) 1m 13.81s 3... Robinson (NZ) DNF
4:39pm - Oh no, she's wiped out just after the second time check, where she was half a second down on Gut-Behrami. Disaster for the Kiwi, who is slow to find her feet.
She's skiing to the bottom of the run, but only to finish...
4:33pm - Corinne Suter of Switzerland is the racer before Robinson, and she has won world championship medals at this event and is world champion at downhill. She's well of the pace today, clocking 1m 14.49s for 11th so far. Robinson next...
4:21pm - Five more skiers before Kiwi Alice Robinson and the top three seem to have set themselves apart for now...
4:12pm - Swiss Lara Gut-Behrami takes the lead, ahead at the second split and losing time in the final section, but still retaining her advatnage over Puchner with 1m 13.51s.
Gut-Behrami (Switzerland) 1m 13.51s 1, Puchner (Austria) 1m 13.73s 2, Gisin (Switzerland) 1m 13.81s 3
4:11pm - Austrian Tamara Tippler also makes a run at her countrywoman, also ahead at the second split, but losing that in the final flat section to slot into third. The defending champion is out of the medals this time.
Puchner (Austria) 1m 13.73s 1, Gisin (Switzerland) 1m 13.81s 2, Tippler (Austria) 1m 14.84s 3
4:09pm - Swiss Michelle Gisin puts a scare into Puchner, ahead at the second intermediate time, but loses that lead into the finish, clocking 1m 13.81s for second so far.
4:06pm - Ledecka's reign as Olympic champion is over, as Austrian Mirjam Puchner edges past with 1m 13.73s.
4:05pm - Defending champion Ester Ledecka of Czech Republic is next and immediately stakes her claim for a repeat gold, clocking 1m 13.94s.
4:01pm - Austrian Ariane Raedler is first off the start-line and sets the early standard 1m 15.33s.
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Kia ora, good afternoon and welcome to Newshub's live coverage of the Beijing Winter Olympics, where Kiwi alpine skier Alice Robinson will chase medals in the Super G event.
Probably better known as a giant slalom competitor, where she won a world junior title in 2019, the NZ flagbearer finished a disappointing 22nd equal in that event earlier this week, five seconds behind Swedish winner Sara Hector.
Robinson doesn't have the same pedigree over Super G, but finished fourth at the same world junior championships that she won giant slalom.
Super G combines the speed of downhill with the turns of giant slalom, but skiers have just one attempt, so the pressure is on to get it right first time. Also, they have very limited preparation on the course - just 90 minutes - so must remember each twist and turn.
Robinson is drawn to run 16th of the 44 entries. The full start list is:
Ariane Raedler (Austria)
Ester Ledecka (Czech Republic)
Mirjam Puchner (Austria)
Michelle Gisin (Switzerland)
Tamara Tippler (Austria)
Tessa Worley (France)
Lara Gut-Behrami (Switzerland)
Cornelia Huetter (Austria)
Federica Brignone (Italy)
Laura Gauche (France)
Mikaela Shiffrin (USA)
Romane Miradoli (France)
Elena Curtoni (Italy)
Marie-Michele Gagnon (Canada)
Corinne Suter (Switzerland)
Alice Robinson (NZ)
Ragnhild Mowinckel (Norway)
Francesca Marsaglia (Italy)
Marta Bassino (Italy)
Jasmine Flury (Switzerland)
Isabella Wright (USA)
Julia Pleshkova (Russian Olympic Committee)
Maryna Gasienica-Daniel (Poland)
Roni Remme (Canada)
Elvedina Muzaferija (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Kira Weidle (Germany)
Marusa Ferk Saioni (Slovenia)
Alix Wilkinson (USA)
Tiffany Gauthier (France)
Keely Cashman (USA)
Tereza Nova (Czech Republic)
Cande Moreno (Andova)
Barbora Novakova (Czech Republic)
Greta Small (Australia)
Yueming Ni (China)
Noa Szollos (Israel)
Rebeka Jancova (Slovakia)
Francesca Baruzzi Farriol (Argentina)
Holmfridur Dora Fridgeirsdottir (Iceland)
Sarah Schleper (Mexico)
Petra Hromcova (Slovakia)
Fanying Kong (China)
Anastasiia Shepilenko (Ukraine)
Tess Arbez (Ireland)
