Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's halfpipe

The women's halfpipe competition in freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 17 February (qualification) and 18 February (final), at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou.[1] Eileen Gu of China won the event. The defending champion, Cassie Sharpe of Canada, returned and won silver. Rachael Karker of Canada won bronze, her first Olympic medal.

Women's halfpipe
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueGenting Snow Park,
Zhangjiakou
Date17, 18 February
Competitors20 from 10 nations
Winning score95.25
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Eileen Gu  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cassie Sharpe  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rachael Karker  Canada
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The 2018 silver medalist, Marie Martinod, retired from competitions, and the bronze medalist, Brita Sigourney, returned and placed tenth. At the 2021–22 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, there were four events held before the Olympics, all won by Eileen Gu. Gu was therefore the first in the ranking, followed by Hanna Faulhaber and Karker. Gu was also the 2021 X-Games winner in super-pipe, as well as the 2021 world champion.

Qualification edit

A total of 25 athletes qualified to compete at the games. For an athlete to compete they must have a minimum of 50.00 FIS points on the FIS Points List on January 17, 2022, and a top 30 finish in a World Cup event or at the FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships 2021. A country could enter a maximum of four athletes into the event.[2]

Results edit

Qualification edit

Q — Qualified for the Final

The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers moved on to the medal round.[3]

Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes
1 1 3 Eileen Gu   China 93.75 95.50 95.50 Q
2 3 2 Rachael Karker   Canada 88.50 89.50 89.50 Q
3 8 9 Kelly Sildaru   Estonia 87.50 DNS 87.50 Q
4 2 5 Zoe Atkin   Great Britain 85.25 86.75 86.75 Q
5 6 15 Zhang Kexin   China 77.50 86.50 86.50 Q
6 4 4 Cassie Sharpe   Canada 86.25 79.00 86.25 Q
7 9 16 Li Fanghui   China 84.75 19.25 84.75 Q
8 7 8 Brita Sigourney   United States 80.50 84.50 84.50 Q
9 5 1 Hanna Faulhaber   United States 84.25 82.00 84.25 Q
10 12 17 Carly Margulies   United States 79.00 82.25 82.25 Q
11 15 13 Amy Fraser   Canada 75.25 75.75 75.75 Q
12 13 20 Sabrina Cakmakli   Germany 71.50 36.50 71.50 Q
13 10 18 Devin Logan   United States 71.00 62.00 71.00
14 17 7 Alexandra Glazkova   ROC 67.00 69.25 69.25
15 14 19 Saori Suzuki   Japan 68.75 66.25 68.75
16 16 6 Wu Meng   China 12.50 67.75 67.75
17 20 10 Kim Da-eun   South Korea 44.50 45.50 45.50
18 18 14 Chloe McMillan   New Zealand 41.75 43.50 43.50
19 21 12 Anja Barugh   New Zealand 38.50 12.25 38.50
20 11 11 Jang Yu-jin   South Korea 3.75 4.25 4.25

Final edit

Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best[4]
  1 12 Eileen Gu   China 93.25 95.25 30.00 95.25
  4 7 Cassie Sharpe   Canada 89.00 90.00 90.75 90.75
  3 11 Rachael Karker   Canada 87.75 85.25 38.00 87.75
4 8 10 Kelly Sildaru   Estonia 80.25 87.00 85.00 87.00
5 9 6 Li Fanghui   China 81.75 86.50 16.75 86.50
6 5 4 Hanna Faulhaber   United States 85.25 84.50 19.00 85.25
7 6 8 Zhang Kexin   China 78.75 25.75 3.25 78.75
8 15 2 Amy Fraser   Canada 75.25 35.75 11.00 75.25
9 2 9 Zoe Atkin   Great Britain 18.75 10.75 73.25 73.25
10 7 5 Brita Sigourney   United States 70.75 60.00 12.25 70.75
11 12 3 Carly Margulies   United States 24.75 1.75 61.00 61.00
12 13 1 Sabrina Cakmakli   Germany 40.00 54.00 42.75 54.00

References edit

  1. ^ Minji Seo (2021-06-16). "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-12-24.
  2. ^ "Qualification System for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 Freestyle Skiing" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  3. ^ Qualification results
  4. ^ Final results