Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Mixed team aerials

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Mixed team aerials
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Freestyle skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Genting Snow Park,
Zhangjiakou
Date10 February
Competitors18 from 6 nations
Teams6
Winning points338.34
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ashley Caldwell
Christopher Lillis
Justin Schoenefeld
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Xu Mengtao
Jia Zongyang
Qi Guangpu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg Marion Thénault
Miha Fontaine
Lewis Irving
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2026  

The mixed team aerials competition in freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 10 February, at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. [1] This was the first time a mixed team short freestyle skiing event is featured at the Olympics. The United States team, represented by Ashley Caldwell, Christopher Lillis, and Justin Schoenefeld, won the event. China with Xu Mengtao, Jia Zongyang, and Qi Guangpu won the silver medal, and Canada with Marion Thénault, Miha Fontaine, and Lewis Irving became the bronze medalist.

At the 2021–22 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, only two mixed team events were held before the Olympics. Both were won by China, with Russia and the United States ranked one time second, and Ukraine two times third. Russia were the 2021 world champion, and Switzerland and the United States were the silver and the bronze medalists, respectively.

Qualification

A total of up to 8 teams qualified to compete. Every country with at least three athletes qualified (with at least one man and one woman) can enter. [2]

Results

RankBibCountryFinal 1 [3] Final 2 [4]
Gold medal icon.svg2
2–1
2–2
2–3
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Ashley Caldwell
Christopher Lillis
Justin Schoenefeld
330.55
104.31
101.81
124.43
338.34
88.86
135.00
114.48
Silver medal icon.svg1
1–1
1–2
1–3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Xu Mengtao
Jia Zongyang
Qi Guangpu
336.89
94.01
124.78
118.10
324.22
106.03
96.02
122.17
Bronze medal icon.svg5
5–1
5–2
5–3
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Marion Thénault
Miha Fontaine
Lewis Irving
326.94
93.06
113.97
119.91
290.98
62.74
116.48
111.76
43
3–1
3–2
3–3
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Alexandra Bär
Pirmin Werner
Noé Roth
300.62
65.83
128.00
106.79
276.01
57.01
109.00
110.00
54
4–1
4–2
4–3
Olympic flag.svg  ROC
Liubov Nikitina
Ilya Burov
Stanislav Nikitin
295.97
79.66
97.28
119.03
66
6–1
6–2
6–3
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Hanna Huskova
Stanislau Hladchenko
Maxim Gustik
273.67
84.73
89.82
99.12

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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. Final 1 results
  4. Final 2 results