Women's big air at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Big Air Shougang, Beijing | ||||||||||||
Date | 7, 8 February | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 25 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning points | 188.25 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics | |||
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Qualification | |||
Aerials | men | mixed | women |
Big air | men | women | |
Halfpipe | men | women | |
Moguls | men | women | |
Ski cross | men | women | |
Slopestyle | men | women | |
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.
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]
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 |
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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 |
Rank | Bib | Order | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total |
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4 | 8 | Eileen Gu | China | 93.75 | 88.50 | 94.50 | 188.25 | |
2 | 11 | Tess Ledeux | France | 94.50 | 93.00 | 73.25 | 187.50 | |
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 |
Kelly Sildaru is an Estonian Olympic freestyle skier.
Mathilde Gremaud is an Olympic Swiss freestyle skier and eight time X Games medalist. On February 28, 2023, she became the first freestyle skier to hold both slopestyle World and Olympic Champion titles after winning gold in both events.
Eileen Feng Gu, also known by her Chinese name Gu Ailing (谷爱凌), is a freestyle skier. Born in the United States, she has competed for China in halfpipe, slopestyle, and big air events since 2019.
Kirsty Muir is a Scottish freestyle skier representing Great Britain who competed in the big air and slopestyle events at the 2022 Winter Olympics. She came second in the big air event at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, and third in the big air and slopestyle events at the 2023 X Games.
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