The Women's halfpipe event in freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 19 and 20 February 2018 at the Bogwang Phoenix Park, Pyeongchang, South Korea.[1][2]
| Women's halfpipe at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Bogwang Phoenix Park, Pyeongchang, South Korea | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 19 February (qualification) 20 February (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 95.80 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Qualification edit
The top 30 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified, with a maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30 of a FIS World Cup event or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period (July 1, 2016 to January 21, 2018) and also have a minimum of 50 FIS points to compete. If the host country, South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics did not qualify, their chosen athlete would displace the last qualified athlete, granted all qualification criteria were met.[3]
Results edit
Qualification edit
The qualification was held on 19 February at 10:00.[4]
| Rank | Start Order | Bib | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 3 | Cassie Sharpe |  Canada |
93.00 | 93.40 | 93.40 | Q |
| 2 | 10 | 7 | Marie Martinod |  France |
91.60 | 92.00 | 92.00 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 1 | Brita Sigourney |  United States |
90.60 | 90.60 | 90.60 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | 6 | Annalisa Drew | United States |
85.40 | 86.00 | 86.00 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 13 | Ayana Onozuka |  Japan |
74.60 | 84.80 | 84.80 | Q |
| 6 | 15 | 4 | Maddie Bowman | United States |
83.60 | 83.80 | 83.80 | Q |
| 7 | 16 | 11 | Sabrina Cakmakli |  Germany |
81.80 | 31.40 | 81.80 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | Zhang Kexin |  China |
80.60 | 81.00 | 81.00 | Q |
| 9 | 20 | 22 | Rowan Cheshire |  Great Britain |
74.00 | 71.40 | 74.00 | Q |
| 10 | 11 | 8 | Valeriya Demidova |  Olympic Athletes from Russia |
71.00 | 73.60 | 73.60 | Q |
| 11 | 17 | 24 | Rosalind Groenewoud | Canada |
73.20 | 72.80 | 73.20 | Q |
| 12 | 18 | 17 | Anaïs Caradeux | France |
25.00 | 72.80 | 72.80 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 12 | Elisabeth Gram |  Austria |
72.20 | 20.00 | 72.20 | |
| 14 | 3 | 10 | Saori Suzuki | Japan |
69.20 | 71.80 | 71.80 | |
| 15 | 13 | 5 | Devin Logan | United States |
71.60 | 25.60 | 71.60 | |
| 16 | 19 | 20 | Janina Kuzma |  New Zealand |
67.80 | 48.60 | 67.80 | |
| 17 | 4 | 14 | Molly Summerhayes | Great Britain |
60.80 | 66.00 | 66.00 | |
| 18 | 12 | 16 | Jang Yu-jin |  South Korea |
64.40 | 60.00 | 64.40 | |
| 19 | 21 | 21 | Chai Hong | China |
58.00 | 63.60 | 63.60 | |
| 20 | 9 | 15 | Wu Meng | China |
53.40 | 61.00 | 61.00 | |
| 21 | 23 | 18 | Britt Hawes | New Zealand |
52.20 | 57.40 | 57.40 | |
| 22 | 14 | 9 | Yurie Watabe | Japan |
21.20 | 56.60 | 56.60 | |
| 23 | 22 | 19 | Laila Friis-Salling |  Denmark |
45.00 | 11.80 | 45.00 | |
| 24 | 24 | 23 | Elizabeth Swaney |  Hungary |
30.00 | 31.40 | 31.40 |
Final edit
The final was held on 20 February at 10:30.[5]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | Cassie Sharpe | Canada |
94.40 | 95.80 | 42.00 | 95.80 | |
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7 | Marie Martinod | France |
92.20 | 92.60 | 23.20 | 92.60 | |
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1 | Brita Sigourney | United States |
89.80 | 88.60 | 91.60 | 91.60 | |
| 4 | 6 | Annalisa Drew | United States |
86.80 | 73.00 | 90.80 | 90.80 | |
| 5 | 13 | Ayana Onozuka | Japan |
50.80 | 77.20 | 82.20 | 82.20 | |
| 6 | 8 | Valeriya Demidova | Olympic Athletes from Russia |
79.00 | 80.60 | 77.60 | 80.60 | |
| 7 | 22 | Rowan Cheshire | Great Britain |
75.40 | 17.80 | 13.60 | 75.40 | |
| 8 | 11 | Sabrina Cakmakli | Germany |
74.20 | 57.60 | 20.40 | 74.20 | |
| 9 | 2 | Zhang Kexin | China |
73.00 | 55.40 | 71.00 | 73.00 | |
| 10 | 24 | Rosalind Groenewoud | Canada |
70.60 | 67.80 | 66.60 | 70.60 | |
| 11 | 4 | Maddie Bowman | United States |
25.80 | 26.40 | 27.00 | 27.00 | |
| 12 | 17 | Anaïs Caradeux | France |
DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS |
Qualification controversies edit
Elizabeth Swaney, who represented Hungary, qualified for the Olympics using "a loophole", by attending many World Cup events and just finishing the runs without falling. This has been called a "mockery" and her being labelled as a "scammer" by some people, while being seen by some people as "[a person who has] put in the time and effort to be here" by others.[6]
References edit
- ^ "Schedule". POCOG. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ Start list
- ^ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018 Freestyle skiing" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). 9 September 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ Qualification results
- ^ Final results
- ^ Rothbart, Davy (14 March 2019). "After a mysterious freestyle ski run in last year's Winter Olympics, people called Elizabeth Swaney a scam artist and the worst athlete in the history of the games. They're wrong". The Believer. The California Sunday Magazine. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
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