Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's big air

Women's big air
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Freestyle skiing
VenueBig Air Shougang,
Beijing
Date7, 8 February 2022
Competitors25 from 15 nations
Winning points188.25
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Eileen Gu  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tess Ledeux  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mathilde Gremaud  Switzerland
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The women's big air competition in freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 7 February (qualification) and 8 February (final), at the Big Air Shougang in Beijing.[1] This will be the inaugural freestyle skiing women's big air competition at the Olympics. Eileen Gu, representing China, became the champion, Tess Ledeux of France won the silver medal, and Mathilde Gremaud of Switzerland the bronze medal. For Gu and Ledeux, this was their first Olympic medal.

At the 2021–22 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, only two big air events were held before the Olympics. Ledeux won one of them and was second in the other one, and Gu won another event. Anastasia Tatalina was the 2021 world champion. Gremaud was the 2021 X-Games winner.

In the finals, Ledeux won the first run, closely followed by Gu. She continued the lead in the second run, as Gu's run was worse, and Gremaud came up second. However, in the third run Gu had the same score as Ledeux in the first one, and as her first run score was still higher than Ledeux's second run score, she became the champion.

Qualification

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

A total of 30 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 in either big air or slopestyle. A country could enter a maximum of four athletes into the event.[2]

Results

Qualification

Q — Qualified for the Final

The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers advanced to the Final.[3]

Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Notes
1 8 20 Megan Oldham  Canada 80.00 91.25 8.25 171.25 Q
2 2 4 Tess Ledeux  France 90.50 80.50 20.00 171.00 Q
3 11 24 Anastasia Tatalina  ROC 68.75 89.75 73.50 163.25 Q
4 16 17 Sandra Eie  Norway 77.50 76.25 84.50 162.00 Q
5 4 5 Eileen Gu  China 89.00 24.50 72.25 161.25 Q
6 1 2 Mathilde Gremaud  Switzerland 88.25 71.00 33.75 159.25 Q
7 12 15 Kirsty Muir  Great Britain 89.25 67.00 68.25 157.50 Q
8 22 22 Darian Stevens  United States 84.75 10.00 67.25 152.00 Q
9 6 26 Sarah Höfflin  Switzerland 85.50 42.75 64.00 149.50 Q
10 5 1 Johanne Killi  Norway 87.50 60.75 58.25 148.25 Q
11 19 16 Olivia Asselin  Canada 60.75 87.00 16.00 147.75 Q
12 24 12 Anni Kärävä  Finland 82.50 52.50 62.00 144.50 Q
13 17 13 Katie Summerhayes  Great Britain 63.75 69.25 67.25 136.50
14 15 19 Marin Hamill  United States 61.50 66.00 66.25 132.25
15 14 21 Maggie Voisin  United States 16.25 60.00 68.00 128.00
16 27 23 Dominique Ohaco  Chile 60.25 11.25 66.25 126.50
17 3 3 Kelly Sildaru  Estonia 40.25 85.25 28.00 125.50
18 26 6 Alia Delia Eichinger  Germany 51.00 64.75 39.00 115.75
19 21 8 Ksenia Orlova  ROC 60.00 54.75 9.00 114.75
20 20 10 Yang Shuorui  China 38.25 40.50 55.50 96.00
21 18 11 Lara Wolf  Austria 25.25 36.25 55.25 91.50
22 13 18 Margaux Hackett  New Zealand 9.75 9.00 65.00 74.75
23 23 25 Laura Wallner  Austria 59.50 9.00 9.00 68.50
24 10 14 Caroline Claire  United States 20.00 17.25 DNS 20.00
25 9 9 Silvia Bertagna  Italy 17.00 16.75 DNS 17.00
7 7 Elena Gaskell  Canada Did not start

Final

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Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 8 Eileen Gu  China 93.75 88.50 94.50 188.25
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 11 Tess Ledeux  France 94.50 93.00 73.25 187.50
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1 7 Mathilde Gremaud  Switzerland 89.25 93.25 26.00 182.50
4 8 12 Megan Oldham  Canada 85.00 89.25 88.75 178.00
5 12 6 Kirsty Muir  Great Britain 90.25 78.75 15.50 169.00
6 6 4 Sarah Höfflin  Switzerland 82.50 53.00 76.25 158.75
7 5 3 Johanne Killi  Norway 87.75 58.50 65.50 153.25
8 19 2 Olivia Asselin  Canada 62.00 60.25 85.50 147.50
9 24 1 Anni Kärävä  Finland 81.00 54.00 82.50 136.50
10 11 10 Anastasia Tatalina  ROC 75.50 22.25 47.00 122.50
11 22 5 Darian Stevens  United States 56.75 50.75 18.25 75.00
12 16 9 Sandra Eie  Norway 17.00 19.00 64.50 64.50

References

  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