Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's aerials

Women's aerials
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
VenueRosa Khutor Extreme Park, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Dates14 February 2014
Competitors22 from 9 nations
Winning score98.01
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alla Tsuper  Belarus
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Xu Mengtao  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lydia Lassila  Australia
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The women's aerials event in freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia took place 14 February 2014.[1]

The gold medal was won by Alla Tsuper, Belarus, the silver medal by Xu Mengtao, China and the bronze medal was won by Lydia Lassila, Australia.

Qualification

An athlete had to have placed in the top 30 in at a World Cup event after July 2012 or at the 2013 World Championships and a minimum of 80 FIS points. A total of 25 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 4 athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee.[2]

After the quotas were awarded and reallocated only 22 out of 25 quota spots were distributed.

Results

Qualification 1

The qualification 1 was held at 17:45.[3]

Rank Bib Name Country Score Note
1 8 Ashley Caldwell  United States 101.25 Q
2 1 Li Nina  China 86.71 Q
3 6 Danielle Scott  Australia 85.36 Q
4 5 Cheng Shuang  China 83.19 Q
5 7 Emily Cook  United States 80.01 Q
6 17 Assoli Slivets  Russia 78.40 Q
7 12 Samantha Wells  Australia 78.12
8 20 Aleksandra Orlova  Russia 76.27
9 19 Zhanbota Aldabergenova  Kazakhstan 74.82
10 16 Veronika Korsunova  Russia 72.50
11 3 Xu Mengtao  China 71.44
12 24 Olga Polyuk  Ukraine 70.76
13 9 Laura Peel  Australia 67.68
14 13 Alla Tsuper  Belarus 66.15
15 4 Lydia Lassila  Australia 66.12
16 28 Zhibek Arapbayeva  Kazakhstan 63.44
17 2 Zhang Xin  China 60.98
18 21 Anastasiya Novosad  Ukraine 56.84
19 26 Nadiya Mokhnatska  Ukraine 52.44
20 30 Joselane Santos  Brazil 49.60
21 18 Tanja Schaerer  Switzerland 48.72
22 27 Hanna Huskova  Belarus 44.08
29 Nadiya Didenko  Ukraine DNS

Qualification 2

The qualification 2 was held at 18:30.[4]

Rank Bib Name Country Score Note
1 4 Lydia Lassila  Australia 90.65 Q
2 3 Xu Mengtao  China 87.15 Q
3 9 Laura Peel  Australia 85.99 Q
4 16 Veronika Korsunova  Russia 81.58 Q
5 19 Zhanbota Aldabergenova  Kazakhstan 78.12 Q
6 13 Alla Tsuper  Belarus 77.52 Q
7 2 Zhang Xin  China 77.49
8 18 Tanja Schaerer  Switzerland 77.17
9 24 Olga Polyuk  Ukraine 74.97
10 21 Anastasiya Novosad  Ukraine 74.34
11 26 Nadiya Mokhnatska  Ukraine 69.31
12 12 Samantha Wells  Australia 67.13
13 28 Zhibek Arapbayeva  Kazakhstan 58.87
14 20 Aleksandra Orlova  Russia 55.75
15 27 Hanna Huskova  Belarus 52.60
16 30 Joselane Santos  Brazil 48.17
29 Nadiya Didenko  Ukraine DNS

Finals

The finals were started at 21:30.[5]

Rank Bib Name Country Round 1 Rank Round 2 Rank Round 3 Rank
1st place, gold medalist(s) 13 Alla Tsuper  Belarus 99.18 1 88.50 4 98.01 1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Xu Mengtao  China 90.65 3 101.08 1 83.50 2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Lydia Lassila  Australia 95.76 2 99.22 2 72.12 3
4 1 Li Nina  China 90.24 4 89.53 3 46.02 4
5 5 Cheng Shuang  China 80.01 7 87.42 5 did not advance
6 19 Zhanbota Aldabergenova  Kazakhstan 76.23 8 68.44 6 did not advance
7 9 Laura Peel  Australia 83.79 5 64.50 7 did not advance
8 7 Emily Cook  United States 82.21 6 64.50 8 did not advance
9 6 Danielle Scott  Australia 76.23 9 did not advance
10 8 Ashley Caldwell  United States 72.80 10 did not advance
11 16 Veronika Korsunova  Russia 68.35 11 did not advance
12 17 Assoli Slivets  Russia 62.30 12 did not advance

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