Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's ski cross

Women's ski cross
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueBogwang Phoenix Park, Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dates22 February (seeding)
23 February (elimination round)
Competitors23 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kelsey Serwa  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brittany Phelan  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Fanny Smith  Switzerland
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The Women's ski cross event in freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 22 and 23 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 32 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 80 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 criterion was met.[3]

Results

Seeding

The seeding round was held on 22 February at 10:00.[4]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1 13 Marielle Thompson  Canada 1:13.11 −
2 15 Kelsey Serwa  Canada 1:13.33 +0.22
3 9 Brittany Phelan  Canada 1:13.56 +0.45
4 1 Sandra Näslund  Sweden 1:13.58 +0.47
5 12 Fanny Smith  Switzerland 1:13.90 +0.79
6 3 Alizée Baron  France 1:14.11 +1.00
7 7 Katrin Ofner  Austria 1:14.30 +1.19
8 5 Andrea Limbacher  Austria 1:14.71 +1.60
9 6 Sami Kennedy-Sim  Australia 1:14.97 +1.86
10 16 Sanna Lüdi  Switzerland 1:15.13 +2.02
11 10 India Sherret  Canada 1:15.48 +2.37
12 14 Marielle Berger Sabbatel  France 1:15.60 +2.49
13 18 Nikol Kučerová  Czech Republic 1:15.61 +2.50
14 11 Debora Pixner  Italy 1:15.72 +2.61
15 4 Anastasiia Chirtcova  Olympic Athletes from Russia 1:15.83 +2.72
16 19 Talina Gantenbein  Switzerland 1:15.97 +2.86
17 2 Lisa Andersson  Sweden 1:16.15 +3.04
18 24 Stephanie Joffroy  Chile 1:16.70 +3.59
19 20 Victoria Zavadovskaya  Olympic Athletes from Russia 1:16.80 +3.69
20 8 Julia Eichinger  Germany 1:17.56 +4.45
21 17 Reina Umehara  Japan 1:17.81 +4.70
22 23 Emily Sarsfield  Great Britain 1:18.25 +5.14
23 22 Priscillia Annen  Switzerland 2:30.03 +1:16.92
24 21 Lucrezia Fantelli  Italy DNS

Elimination round

A knockout stage was held to determine the winner.[5][6]

1/8 finals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Small final
Rank Bib Name Country Notes
5 6 Alizée Baron  France
6 17 Lisa Andersson  Sweden
7 10 Sanna Lüdi  Switzerland
8 9 Sami Kennedy-Sim  Australia
Big final
Rank Bib Name Country Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 Kelsey Serwa  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Brittany Phelan  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Fanny Smith  Switzerland
4 4 Sandra Näslund  Sweden

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. ^ Seeiding results
  5. ^ Final bracket
  6. ^ Final results