The women's snowboard cross competition in snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 9 February, at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou.[1] Lindsey Jacobellis of the United States became the Olympic champion. Jacobellis dominated the snowboard cross for almost two decades, winning the X Games ten times and the world championships six times, but her only Olympic medal so far was the silver in 2006, when she started celebrating her win too early and was overtaken at the finish line.[2] Chloé Trespeuch of France, the 2014 bronze medalist, won the silver medal, and Meryeta O'Dine of Canada the bronze, her first Olympic medal.[3][4]
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| Venue | Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou | ||||||||||||
| Date | 9 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 31 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
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In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Pál Schmitt, IOC Member, Hungary, Olympian, 2 Golds for Fencing 1968 and Fencing 1972, accompanied by Johan Eliasch, FIS President, Great Britain.
Summary edit
The defending champion was Michela Moioli. The 2018 silver medalist, Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau, qualified for the Olympics as well. The bronze medalist and the 2014 champion, Eva Samková, was injured and could not participate. At the 2021–22 FIS Snowboard World Cup, six snowboard cross events were held before the Olympics. Charlotte Bankes was leading the ranking, followed by Trespeuch and Moioli. Bankes was the 2021 world champion, with Moioli and Samková being the silver and bronze medalists, respectively.
Qualification edit
A total of 32 snowboarders qualified to compete at the games. For an athlete to compete they must have a minimum of 100.00 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 Snowboard World Championships 2021. A country could enter a maximum of four athletes into the event.[5]
Results edit
Seeding run edit
The seeding run was held at 11:00.[6]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best |
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| 1 | 4 | Michela Moioli |  Italy |
1:22.19 | – | 1:22.19 |
| 2 | 3 | Charlotte Bankes |  Great Britain |
1:22.72 | – | 1:22.72 |
| 3 | 14 | Meryeta O'Dine |  Canada |
1:23.01 | – | 1:23.01 |
| 4 | 1 | Stacy Gaskill |  United States |
1:23.14 | – | 1:23.14 |
| 5 | 6 | Lindsey Jacobellis | United States |
1:23.44 | – | 1:23.44 |
| 6 | 10 | Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau |  France |
1:23.89 | – | 1:23.89 |
| 7 | 5 | Faye Gulini | United States |
1:23.98 | – | 1:23.98 |
| 8 | 7 | Chloé Trespeuch | France |
1:24.27 | – | 1:24.27 |
| 9 | 8 | Pia Zerkhold |  Austria |
1:24.53 | – | 1:24.53 |
| 10 | 16 | Kristina Paul |  ROC |
1:24.76 | – | 1:24.76 |
| 11 | 25 | Caterina Carpano | Italy |
1:24.87 | – | 1:24.87 |
| 12 | 15 | Manon Petit-Lenoir | France |
1:24.96 | – | 1:24.96 |
| 13 | 12 | Audrey McManiman | Canada |
1:24.98 | – | 1:24.98 |
| 14 | 20 | Josie Baff |  Australia |
1:25.11 | – | 1:25.11 |
| 15 | 22 | Sophie Hediger |  Switzerland |
1:25.14 | – | 1:25.14 |
| 16 | 23 | Meghan Tierney | United States |
1:25.16 | – | 1:25.16 |
| 17 | 17 | Lara Casanova | Switzerland |
1:26.89 | 1:24.12 | 1:24.12 |
| 18 | 2 | Belle Brockhoff | Australia |
1:25.72 | 1:24.72 | 1:24.72 |
| 19 | 29 | Aleksandra Parshina | ROC |
1:27.16 | 1:24.76 | 1:24.76 |
| 20 | 26 | Jana Fischer |  Germany |
1:25.76 | 1:24.88 | 1:24.88 |
| 21 | 19 | Alexia Queyrel | France |
1:25.25 | 1:25.17 | 1:25.17 |
| 22 | 21 | Francesca Gallina | Italy |
1:25.27 | 1:25.51 | 1:25.27 |
| 23 | 27 | Vendula Hopjáková |  Czech Republic |
1:26.26 | 1:25.49 | 1:25.49 |
| 24 | 13 | Zoe Bergermann | Canada |
1:28.68 | 1:25.84 | 1:25.84 |
| 25 | 24 | Mariya Vasiltsova | ROC |
1:26.39 | 1:25.90 | 1:25.90 |
| 26 | 9 | Tess Critchlow | Canada |
1:26.51 | 1:26.13 | 1:26.13 |
| 27 | 28 | Ekaterina Lokteva-Zagorskaia | ROC |
1:26.22 | 1:26.41 | 1:26.22 |
| 28 | 18 | Sina Siegenthaler | Switzerland |
1:26.62 | 1:27.44 | 1:26.62 |
| 29 | 11 | Sofia Belingheri | Italy |
1:27.81 | 1:33.48 | 1:27.81 |
| 30 | 32 | Feng He |  China |
1:34.31 | 1:31.25 | 1:31.25 |
| 31 | 30 | Maeva Estévez |  Andorra |
DNF | DNS | DNF |
| 32 | 31 | Yuka Nakamura |  Japan |
DNS | DNS | DNS |
Elimination round edit
1/8 finals edit
Quarterfinals edit
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Semifinals edit
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Finals edit
- Small final
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
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| 5 | 6 | Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau | France |
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| 6 | 26 | Tess Critchlow | Canada |
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| 7 | 4 | Stacy Gaskill | United States |
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| 8 | 1 | Michela Moioli | Italy |
DNF |
- Big final
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
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5 | Lindsey Jacobellis | United States |
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8 | Chloé Trespeuch | France |
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3 | Meryeta O'Dine | Canada |
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| 4 | 18 | Belle Brockhoff | Australia |
References edit
- ^ "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). New.inews.gtimg.com. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ Branch, John (9 February 2022). "Long Known for a Blunder, Jacobellis Rewrites Her Story in Gold". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ Mitchell, Kevin (9 February 2022). "Meryeta O'Dine missed the 2018 Olympics with a concussion. This bronze medal is special". National Post. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ Steiner, Ben (9 February 2022). "Canada's Meryeta O'Dine rides to bronze in women's snowboard cross". CBC Sports. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Qualification System for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 International Ski Federation Snowboard" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). 19 October 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "Seeding results" (PDF). Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Brackets" (PDF). Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 9 February 2022.