Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's ski cross

The women's ski cross event in freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia took place on 21 February 2014.[1]

Women's ski cross
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
VenueRosa Khutor Extreme Park, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Dates21 February 2014
Competitors28 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marielle Thompson  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kelsey Serwa  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anna Holmlund  Sweden
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Maria Komissarova of Russia, who qualified for the event, had broken her spine on 15 February while training in Sochi and had to be operated on the spot.[2] She was flown to Munich for further treatment the following day.

Results edit

The event was started at 11:45.[3]

Seeding edit

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference Notes
1 13 Kelsey Serwa   Canada 1:21.45 - Q
2 8 Ophélie David   France 1:21.46 +0.01 Q
3 6 Marielle Thompson   Canada 1:21.56 +0.11 Q
4 16 Anna Holmlund   Sweden 1:22.21 +0.76 Q
5 4 Marte Høie Gjefsen   Norway 1:22.33 +0.88 Q
6 14 Sanna Lüdi   Switzerland 1:22.37 +0.92 Q
7 17 Jorinde Müller   Switzerland 1:22.46 +1.01 Q
8 12 Georgia Simmerling   Canada 1:22.52 +1.07 Q
9 18 Anna Wörner   Germany 1:22.95 +1.50 Q
10 3 Sandra Näslund   Sweden 1:23.28 +1.83 Q
11 20 Katya Crema   Australia 1.23.47 +2.02 Q
12 15 Katrin Müller   Switzerland 1:23.85 +2.40 Q
13 11 Katrin Ofner   Austria 1:24.10 +2.65 Q
14 27 Yulia Livinskaya   Russia 1:24.21 +2.76 Q
15 10 Heidi Zacher   Germany 1:24.24 +2.79 Q
16 1 Fanny Smith   Switzerland 1:24.61 +3.16 Q
17 9 Marielle Berger Sabbatel   France 1:24.62 +3.17 Q
18 5 Karolina Riemen   Poland 1:24.86 +3.41 Q
19 7 Alizée Baron   France 1:25.20 +3.75 Q
20 26 Andrea Zemanová   Czech Republic 1:25.96 +4.51 Q
21 21 Anastasia Chirtsova   Russia 1:25.99 +4.54 Q
22 22 Marion Josserand   France 1:26.61 +5.16 Q
23 2 Andrea Limbacher   Austria 1:26.88 +5.43 Q
24 23 Christina Staudinger   Austria 1:28.30 +6.85 Q
25 19 Sami Kennedy-Sim   Australia 1:38.51 +17.06 Q
26 25 Jenny Owens   Australia 1:59.84 +38.39 Q
27 24 Nikol Kučerová   Czech Republic DNF DNF Q
28 29 Stephanie Joffroy   Chile DNF DNF Q

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.

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.

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.

Finals edit

Small Final
Rank Bib Name Country Notes
5 10 Sandra Näslund   Sweden
6 13 Katrin Ofner   Austria
7 11 Katya Crema   Australia
8 16 Fanny Smith   Switzerland
Big Final
Rank Bib Name Country Notes
  3 Marielle Thompson   Canada
  1 Kelsey Serwa   Canada
  4 Anna Holmlund   Sweden
4 2 Ophélie David   France

References edit

  1. ^ "Freestyle Skiing Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on January 29, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  2. ^ "Sochi 2014: Maria Komissarova has surgery after breaking spine". BBC Sport. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  3. ^ Final Results