Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's slopestyle

The women's slopestyle competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on 6 February (qualification) and 9 February (semi-finals and final).[1] This was the first time that a slopestyle event was included in the Olympic program.[2]

Women's slopestyle
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
VenueRosa Khutor Extreme Park
Date6 February 2014 (qualification)
9 February 2014 (semi-finals & final)
Competitors23 from 11 nations
Winning score95.25
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jamie Anderson  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Enni Rukajärvi  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jenny Jones  Great Britain
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Jamie Anderson of the United States became the first Olympic champion. Enni Rukajärvi from Finland took the silver, and Jenny Jones from Great Britain won the bronze medal.

Qualification edit

An athlete must 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 50 FIS points. A total of 24 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 4 athletes can be entered by a National Olympic Committee.[3]

Slovenia's Cilka Sadar also earned a spot to compete, but did not compete due to an injury occurring just days before the competition,[4] leaving a total of 23 athletes from 11 nations.

Schedule edit

All times are (UTC+4).

Date Time Round
6 February 14:00 Qualification
9 February 10:30 Semi-finals
13:15 Final

Results edit

Qualification edit

The top four riders from each heat automatically qualify for the final round. The remaining riders qualify for the semi-final round. The result is calculated as the best score of the two runs. The following were the results of the qualification round:[5]

QF – Qualified directly for the Final
QS – Qualified for the Semi-final
Bib – Bib number
DNS – Did Not Start
Tie – Tie breaking points
Rank Heat Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes
1 1 5 Isabel Derungs   Switzerland 82.50 87.50 87.50 QF
2 1 11 Torah Bright   Australia 85.25 80.00 85.25 QF
3 1 4 Spencer O'Brien   Canada 82.75 65.00 82.75 QF
4 1 8 Enni Rukajärvi   Finland 79.00 23.75 79.00 QF
5 1 1 Jenny Jones   Great Britain 74.25 21.75 74.25 QS
6 1 10 Rebecca Torr   New Zealand 70.75 33.75 70.75 QS
7 1 6 Christy Prior   New Zealand 67.50 70.50 70.50 QS
8 1 9 Stefi Luxton   New Zealand 59.75 34.25 59.75 QS
9 1 3 Sina Candrian   Switzerland 58.25 36.50 58.25 QS
10 1 7 Aimee Fuller   Great Britain 44.50 39.00 44.50 QS
11 1 12 Shelly Gotlieb   New Zealand 18.00 30.75 30.75 QS
12 1 2 Kjersti Buaas   Norway 12.50 17.75 17.75 QS
1 2 14 Anna Gasser   Austria 89.50 95.50 95.50 QF
2 2 18 Jamie Anderson   United States 93.50 DNS 93.50 QF
3 2 20 Elena Könz   Switzerland 86.25 38.00 86.25 QF
4 2 22 Karly Shorr   United States 45.00 84.75 84.75 QF
5 2 17 Šárka Pančochová   Czech Republic 77.75 33.75 77.75 QS
6 2 16 Jenna Blasman   Canada 60.25 51.50 60.25 QS
7 2 23 Jessika Jenson   United States 34.00 58.50 58.50 QS
8 2 15 Silje Norendal   Norway 31.00 39.00 39.00 QS
9 2 19 Cheryl Maas   Netherlands 18.00 31.25 31.25 QS
10 2 21 Merika Enne   Finland 17.00 DNS 17.00 QS
11 2 13 Ty Walker   United States 1.00 DNS 1.00 QS

Semi-final edit

The top four riders from the semi-final round qualify for the final round. The result is calculated as the best score of the two runs.

Rank Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes
1 17 Šárka Pančochová   Czech Republic 90.50 22.50 90.50 QF
2 3 Sina Candrian   Switzerland 84.25 81.50 84.25 QF
3 1 Jenny Jones   Great Britain 82.25 83.25 83.25 QF
4 15 Silje Norendal   Norway 16.75 78.75 78.75 QF
5 23 Jessika Jenson   United States 72.00 50.50 72.00
6 13 Ty Walker   United States 66.00 43.75 66.00
7 12 Shelly Gotlieb   New Zealand 63.25 33.75 63.25
8 9 Stefi Luxton   New Zealand 18.25 60.25 60.25
9 7 Aimee Fuller   Great Britain 33.75 37.50 37.50
10 10 Rebecca Torr   New Zealand 27.25 32.50 32.50
11 16 Jenna Blasman   Canada 32.25 10.50 32.25
12 19 Cheryl Maas   Netherlands 30.75 14.75 30.75
6 Christy Prior   New Zealand DNS
2 Kjersti Buaas   Norway DNS
21 Merika Enne   Finland DNS

Final edit

In the final, Šárka Pančochová, who did not qualify directly to the final and had to go through the semi-final, posted the best result in the first run, but fell in the second run and was classified fifth. In the second run, first Jones, who also went through the semi-final, scored 87.25, followed by Sina Candrian with 87.00. Rukajärvi, running fifth, scored 92.50, and pushed Pančochová out of medal position. Anderson scored 95.25 and took the lead with two more athletes to go, Isabel Derungs and Anna Gasser. They both fell and were left out of the medals.[6][7]

Rank Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes
  18 Jamie Anderson   United States 80.75 95.25 95.25
  8 Enni Rukajärvi   Finland 73.75 92.50 92.50
  1 Jenny Jones   Great Britain 73.00 87.25 87.25
4 3 Sina Candrian   Switzerland 77.25 87.00 87.00
5 17 Šárka Pančochová   Czech Republic 86.25 20.00 86.25
6 22 Karly Shorr   United States 39.00 75.00 75.00
7 11 Torah Bright   Australia 64.75 66.25 66.25
8 5 Isabel Derungs   Switzerland 58.50 15.25 58.50
9 20 Elena Könz   Switzerland 24.50 54.50 54.50
10 14 Anna Gasser   Austria 49.00 51.75 51.75
11 15 Silje Norendal   Norway 49.50 32.00 49.50
12 4 Spencer O'Brien   Canada 30.00 35.00 35.00

References edit

  1. ^ "Snowboarding Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  2. ^ Gillespie, Kerry (30 October 2013). "Sochi 2014: Younger, hipper Olympics to feature slew of new events". Toronto Star. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Ski Federation. December 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Cilka Sadar zaradi poškodbe ob olimpijski nastop :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija". Rtvslo.si. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Snowboard Ladies' Slopestyle Qualification Results" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. FIS. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  6. ^ http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2014/SB/7010/7010RLR0.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  7. ^ "Sochi 2014: Winter Olympics day two – as it happened". The Guardian. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

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