Summary Italy's Daniela Merighetti suffered a heavy fall.
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (AFP) - Austrian Anna Fenninger topped the standings of the first women s Olympic downhill training run on Thursday, but only after a lengthy stoppage as organisers altered the configuration of the final jump.
The women got under way on schedule but only four runners had come down the 2.7km-long course when the International Ski Federation (FIS) decided to call a halt and hold the programme again.
Italy s Daniela Merighetti suffered a heavy fall, and course workers were quickly on site to shave snow off the lip of the final jump.
"I was thrown five metres into the air. It s not the length of the jump that causes the problem so much as the height, especially as it comes after a blind bend," said the Italian who escaped serious injury.
Fenninger timed 1min 41.73sec after the re-start, finishing 0.21sec ahead of Fraenzi Aufdenblatten, with American veteran Julia Mancuso in third at 0.38sec
