Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's halfpipe

Women's halfpipe
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueBogwang Phoenix Park, Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dates19 February (qualification)
20 February (final)
Competitors24 from 13 nations
Winning score95.80
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Cassie Sharpe  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marie Martinod  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Brita Sigourney  United States
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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]

Qualification

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

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

Qualification

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

The final was held on 20 February at 10:30.[5]

Rank Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Cassie Sharpe  Canada 94.40 95.80 42.00 95.80
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 Marie Martinod  France 92.20 92.60 23.20 92.60
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

Main article: Elizabeth_Swaney § 2018_Olympics

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

  1. ^ "Schedule". POCOG. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018 Freestyle skiing" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). 9 September 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  4. ^ Qualification results
  5. ^ Final results
  6. ^ 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.