Chemmy Alcott insisted her 19th place in Monday's Olympic super-g in Sestriere proves once again she has what it takes to live with world-class company.

From a start gate of eight, Alcott had a trouble-free run but was not fast enough to nudge into the top 10 and finished 1.73seconds behind winner Michaela Dorfmeister of Austria.

The Twickenham girl therefore failed to build on her excellent 11th place in last week's downhill but succeeded in shutting out the memory of disqualification from Friday's combined.

Alcott said: "I'm not disappointed because I went as hard as I could, and that's a really good attitude to take into every race.

"There is a big section of flat, and I'm too aggressive for that. But I was still up in some sections - and that shows I can still be a world-class skier.

"Every race I do I take something from it; I write a little diary to make me a better athlete - and Monday was a big learning curve."

Ireland's Thomas Foley finished 31st in a tricky giant slalom in which a remarkable 34 athletes failed to finish the first of the two runs.

Great Britain's women's two-man bobsleigh team of Nicola Minichello and Jacqueline Davies had an outside medal chance after the first two runs at Cesana Pariol.

But standing only one quarter-of-a-second off the bronze medal position, Minichello and Davies knew they were in with a shout going into the decisive runs three and four on Tuesday evening.