The men's ski cross event in freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia took place on February 20, 2014.[1]
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| Venue | Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 20 February 2014 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 31 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
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Results edit
The event was started at 11:45.[2]
Seeding edit
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference | Notes |
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| 1 | 4 | Victor Öhling Norberg |  Sweden |
1:15.59 | 0.00 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Christopher Del Bosco |  Canada |
1:15.91 | +0.32 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Brady Leman | Canada |
1:16.43 | +0.84 | Q |
| 4 | 15 | Jean-Frédéric Chapuis |  France |
1:16.77 | +1.18 | Q |
| 5 | 18 | Anton Grimus |  Australia |
1:16.82 | +1.23 | Q |
| 6 | 9 | David Duncan | Canada |
1:17.31 | +1.72 | Q |
| 7 | 13 | Filip Flisar |  Slovenia |
1:17.35 | +1.76 | Q |
| 8 | 16 | Armin Niederer |  Switzerland |
1:17.39 | +1.80 | Q |
| 9= | 3 | Tomáš Kraus |  Czech Republic |
1:17.41 | +1.82 | Q |
| 9= | 12 | Jouni Pellinen |  Finland |
1:17.41 | +1.82 | Q |
| 11 | 17 | Arnaud Bovolenta | France |
1:17.48 | +1.89 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | Andreas Matt |  Austria |
1:17.55 | +1.96 | Q |
| 13 | 7 | Daniel Bohnacker |  Germany |
1:17.59 | +2.00 | Q |
| 14= | 22 | Christoph Wahrstötter | Austria |
1:17.72 | +2.13 | Q |
| 14= | 14 | Thomas Zangerl | Austria |
1:17.72 | +2.13 | Q |
| 16 | 32 | Sergey Mozhaev |  Russia |
1:17.83 | +2.24 | Q |
| 17 | 24 | Egor Korotkov | Russia |
1:17.87 | +2.28 | Q |
| 18 | 25 | Didrik Bastian Juell |  Norway |
1:18.03 | +2.44 | Q |
| 19 | 19 | Thomas Fischer | Germany |
1:18.06 | +2.47 | Q |
| 20 | 6 | John Teller |  United States |
1:18.14 | +2.55 | Q |
| 21 | 10 | Jonas Devouassoux | France |
1:18.32 | +2.73 | Q |
| 22 | 28 | Michael Forslund | Sweden |
1:18.33 | +2.74 | Q |
| 23 | 20 | Christian Mithassel | Norway |
1:18.40 | +2.81 | Q |
| 24 | 31 | Scott Kneller | Australia |
1:18.58 | +2.99 | Q |
| 25 | 23 | Thomas Borge Lie | Norway |
1:18.69 | +3.10 | Q |
| 26 | 29 | Florian Eigler | Germany |
1:18.91 | +3.32 | Q |
| 27 | 27 | John Eklund | Sweden |
1:18.97 | +3.38 | Q |
| 28 | 26 | Patrick Koller | Austria |
1:19.12 | +3.53 | Q |
| 29 | 11 | Jonathan Midol | France |
1:19.57 | +3.98 | Q |
| 30 | 1 | Alex Fiva | Switzerland |
DNF | – | Q |
| 31 | 21 | Andreas Schauer | Germany |
DNF | – | Q |
| 32 | 30 | Michael Schmid | Switzerland |
DNS | – | Q |
Q – Qualified for 1/8 finals; DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start
Elimination round edit
1/8 finals edit
The 32 seeds advanced to the 1/8 finals. From here, they participated in four-person elimination races, with the top two from each race advancing.[3]
Quarterfinals edit
The top 2 from each heat of the 1/8 round advanced to the 1/4 round. From here, they participated in four-person elimination races, with the top two from each race advancing.
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Semifinals edit
The top 2 from each heat of the 1/4 round advanced to the semifinals. From here, they participated in four-person elimination races, with the top two from each race advancing to the final and the third and fourth entering a classification race.
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Finals edit
- Small Final
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
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| 5 | 17 | Egor Korotkov | Russia |
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| 6 | 7 | Filip Flisar | Slovenia |
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| 7 | 8 | Armin Niederer | Switzerland |
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| 8 | 26 | Florian Eigler | Germany |
DNF |
- Big Final
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
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4 | Jean-Frédéric Chapuis | France |
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11 | Arnaud Bovolenta | France |
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29 | Jonathan Midol | France |
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| 4 | 3 | Brady Leman | Canada |
Controversy edit
Both Canada and Slovenia appealed separately to the Court of Arbitration for Sport that the three French athletes in the Big Final had their pants illegally changed by their coach. They argued it gave the three an aerodynamic advantage over the rest of the field. Both countries first appealed to the International Ski Federation, but were rejected since they appealed hours after the end of the competition (when the deadline was 15 minutes after the close of the race). The appeal to the court was ultimately unsuccessful as well, because the Court agreed with the ski federation that the appeal was filed past the deadline.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Freestyle Skiing Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
- ^ Final Results
- ^ "Men's Ski Cross 1/8 Finals". SOOC. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ^ "Canada's skicross appeal over altered pants dismissed". Associated Press. Sochi, Russia: Toronto Star. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.