Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's snowboard cross

The women's snowboard cross competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 16 February 2018 Bogwang Phoenix Park in Pyeongchang, South Korea.[1][2] The event was won by Michela Moioli. Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau became second, and Eva Samková, the defending champion, third.

Women's snowboard cross
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueBogwang Phoenix Park
Date16 February
Competitors24 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michela Moioli  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eva Samková  Czech Republic
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In the finals, Lindsey Jacobellis lead from the start, but was passed first by Moioli, and then by Pereira de Sousa Mabileau. Before the final jump, she was fifth, also behind Samková and Chloé Trespeuch, the 2014 bronze medalist. In this jump, Trespeuch fell and crossed the finish line on her back; this allowed Jacobellis to finish fourth, 0.03 seconds behind Samková. Trespeuch, despite her fall, was fifth, and the last finalist, Aleksandra Zhekova, sixth. Jacobellis was consistently rated favorite in this Olympic event since 2006 and only won a medal once, silver in 2006.[3]

In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Bernard Rajzman, member of the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by Michel Vion, FIS Council Member.

Qualification edit

The top 24 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 (1 July 2016 to 21 January 2018) and also have a minimum of 100 FIS points to compete. If the host country, did not qualify, their chosen athlete would displace the last qualified athlete, granted all qualification criterion was met.[4]

Results edit

Qualification edit

The qualification run was held at 10:00.[5]

Rank Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes
1 16 Eva Samková   Czech Republic 1:16.84 1:16.84 Q
2 2 Michela Moioli   Italy 1:16.97 1:16.97 Q
3 6 Faye Gulini   United States 1:17.74 1:17.74 Q
4 13 Lindsey Jacobellis   United States 1:18.05 1:18.05 Q
5 8 Charlotte Bankes   France 1:18.18 1:18.18 Q
6 4 Chloé Trespeuch   France 1:18.51 1:18.51 Q
7 18 Simona Meiler   Switzerland 1:18.95 1:18.95 Q
8 7 Nelly Moenne-Loccoz   France 1:20.23 1:20.23 Q
9 5 Aleksandra Zhekova   Bulgaria 1:20.23 1:20.23 Q
10 10 Belle Brockhoff   Australia 1:20.34 1:20.34 Q
11 24 Meghan Tierney   United States 1:20.52 1:20.52 Q
12 17 Mariya Vasiltsova   Olympic Athletes from Russia 1:20.57 1:20.57 Q
13 1 Zoe Bergermann   Canada 1:21.57 1:18.65 1:18.65 Q
14 19 Kristina Paul   Olympic Athletes from Russia 1:21.93 1:19.93 1:19.93 Q
15 12 Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau   France 1:21.72 1:20.17 1:20.17 Q
16 21 Alexandra Hasler   Switzerland 1:20.87 1:20.49 1:20.49 Q
17 20 Zoe Gillings-Brier   Great Britain 1:20.99 1:20.84 1:20.84 Q
18 11 Carle Brenneman   Canada 1:21.57 1:20.89 1:20.89 Q
19 9 Raffaella Brutto   Italy DNF 1:21.14 1:21.14 Q
20 14 Tess Critchlow   Canada 1:21.39 1:21.83 1:21.39 Q
21 15 Lara Casanova   Switzerland 1:22.26 DNS 1:22.26 Q
22 22 Jana Fischer   Germany 1:22.92 DNF 1:22.92 Q
23 25 Zuzanna Smykała   Poland 1:23.41 1:23.44 1:23.41 Q
24 26 Vendula Hopjáková   Czech Republic DNF DNF DNF Q
3 Meryeta O'Dine   Canada DNS DNS DNS
23 Isabel Clark Ribeiro   Brazil DNS DNS DNS *
  • She suffered an accident and was injured in a training session on February 15.

Elimination round edit

In the quarterfinals the first three ranked competitors in each heat proceed to the next phase. In the semifinals the first three ranked competitors of each heat proceed to the Big Final. The 4th to 6th ranked competitors of each heat proceed to the Small Final.[6]

Quarterfinals edit

Semifinals edit

Finals edit

Small Final
Rank Bib Name Country Notes
7 5 Charlotte Bankes   France
8 19 Raffaella Brutto   Italy
9 20 Tess Critchlow   Canada
10 8 Nelly Moenne-Loccoz   France
11 10 Belle Brockhoff   Australia
12 14 Kristina Paul   Olympic Athletes from Russia DNF
Large Final
Rank Bib Name Country Notes
  2 Michela Moioli   Italy
  15 Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau   France
  1 Eva Samková   Czech Republic
4 4 Lindsey Jacobellis   United States
5 6 Chloé Trespeuch   France
6 9 Aleksandra Zhekova   Bulgaria

References edit

  1. ^ "Schedule". Archived from the original on 2017-11-05. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ Smith, Shawn (16 February 2018). "Italy's Moioli wins snowboard cross gold; USA's Jacobellis narrowly misses podium". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018 Snowboarding" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). 9 September 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Ladies' Snowboard Cross, Seeding" (PDF).
  6. ^ Final results