Freestyle skiing at the XXII Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia |
Dates | 6–21 February 2014 |
Competitors | 277 from 30 nations |
Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
Aerials | men | women |
Halfpipe | men | women |
Moguls | men | women |
Ski cross | men | women |
Slopestyle | men | women |
Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The ten events took place between 6–21 February 2014. [1]
In April 2011 the International Olympic Committee approved the addition of the halfpipe event for both, men and women. [2] In July 2011, slopestyle was also added to the program, therefore a total of four new events were added to the freestyle skiing program. [3]
The following is the competition schedule for all ten events. [4]
All times are (UTC+4).
Date | Time | Event |
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6 February | 18:00 | Women's moguls qualification |
8 February | 18:00 | Women's moguls qualification 2 |
22:00 | Women's moguls final | |
10 February | 18:00 | Men's moguls qualification |
22:00 | Men's moguls final | |
11 February | 10:00 | Women's slopestyle qualification |
13:00 | Women's slopestyle final | |
13 February | 10:15 | Men's slopestyle qualification |
13:30 | Men's slopestyle final | |
14 February | 17:45 | Women's aerials qualification |
21:30 | Women's aerials final | |
17 February | 17:45 | Men's aerials qualification |
21:30 | Men's aerials final | |
18 February | 17:45 | Men's halfpipe qualification |
21:30 | Men's halfpipe final | |
20 February | 11:45 | Men's ski cross qualification |
13:30 | Men's ski cross finals | |
18:30 | Women's halfpipe qualification | |
21:30 | Women's halfpipe final | |
21 February | 11:45 | Women's ski cross qualification |
13:30 | Women's ski cross finals |
* Host nation (Russia)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Canada (CAN) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
2 | United States (USA) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
3 | Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
5 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
7 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Russia (RUS)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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aerials | Anton Kushnir Belarus | 134.50 | David Morris Australia | 110.41 | Jia Zongyang China | 95.06 |
halfpipe | David Wise United States | 92.00 | Mike Riddle Canada | 90.60 | Kevin Rolland France | 88.60 |
moguls | Alexandre Bilodeau Canada | 26.31 | Mikaël Kingsbury Canada | 24.71 | Alexandr Smyshlyaev Russia | 24.34 |
slopestyle | Joss Christensen United States | 95.80 | Gus Kenworthy United States | 93.60 | Nick Goepper United States | 92.40 |
ski cross | Jean-Frédéric Chapuis France | Arnaud Bovolenta France | Jonathan Midol France |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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aerials | Alla Tsuper Belarus | 98.01 | Xu Mengtao China | 83.50 | Lydia Lassila Australia | 72.12 |
halfpipe | Maddie Bowman United States | 89.00 | Marie Martinod France | 85.40 | Ayana Onozuka Japan | 83.20 |
moguls | Justine Dufour-Lapointe Canada | 22.44 | Chloé Dufour-Lapointe Canada | 21.66 | Hannah Kearney United States | 21.49 |
slopestyle | Dara Howell Canada | 94.20 | Devin Logan United States | 85.40 | Kim Lamarre Canada | 85.00 |
ski cross | Marielle Thompson Canada | Kelsey Serwa Canada | Anna Holmlund Sweden |
A maximum of 282 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 26 athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of 14 men or 14 women. The five different events had different quota amounts allocated to them. [5]
276 athletes from 30 nations participated, with number of athletes in parentheses. Four nations, Belgium, Brazil, The British Virgin Islands and Chile made their Olympic debuts in the sport. Paraguay made its first appearance at the Winter Olympics, with its only athlete competing in freestyle skiing. [6]
Both Canada and Slovenia both appealed separately to the Court of Arbitration for Sport that the three French athletes in the Big Final of the men's ski cross final, had their pants illegally changed by their coach. They argued it gave the three an aerodynamic advantage over the rest of the field. Both countries first appealed to the International Ski Federation, but were rejected since they appealed hours after the end of the competition (when the deadline was 15 minutes after the close of the race). The appeal to the court was ultimately unsuccessful as well, because the Court agreed with the ski federation that the appeal was filed past the deadline. [7]
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