Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's aerials

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Women's aerials
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Freestyle skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Genting Snow Park,
Zhangjiakou
Date14 February
Competitors24 from 10 nations
Winning points108.61
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Xu Mengtao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Hanna Huskova Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Bronze medal icon.svg Megan Nick Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2018
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The women's aerials competition in freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 14 February at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. [1] Xu Mengtao of China won the event, which became her first Olympic gold medal. Hanna Huskova of Belarus won the silver medal, and Megan Nick of the United States bronze, also her first Olympic medal.

The defending champion is Hanna Huskova. The 2018 silver medalist Zhang Xin did not qualify for the Olympics, but the bronze medalist Kong Fanyu did. Xu Mengtao was leading the 2021–22 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup ranking before the Olympics, with Kong Fanyu close second. Laura Peel is the 2021 world champion.

Qualification

A total of 25 aerialists qualified to compete at the games. For an athlete to compete they must have a minimum of 80.00 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. A country could enter a maximum of four athletes into the event. [2]

Results

Qualification 1

RankBibOrderNameCountryScore [3] Notes
1317 Laura Peel Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 104.54Q
22325 Ashley Caldwell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 101.31Q
312 Xu Mengtao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 101.10Q
4414 Danielle Scott Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 96.23Q
5812 Marion Thénault Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 93.06Q
61211 Hanna Huskova Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 92.00Q
72515 Megan Nick Flag of the United States.svg  United States 89.18
81323 Kalia Kuhn Flag of the United States.svg  United States 84.24
928 Kong Fanyu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 83.78
10186 Eseniia Pantiukhova Olympic flag.svg  ROC 82.84
112024 Anastasiya Andryianava Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 81.58
12716 Zhanbota Aldabergenova Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 80.56
131419 Winter Vinecki Flag of the United States.svg  United States 78.96
142122 Anastasiia Prytkova Olympic flag.svg  ROC 78.43
15610 Shao Qi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 77.49
16197 Naomy Boudreau-Guertin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 77.43
171720 Gabi Ash Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 77.17
1899 Flavie Aumond Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 76.86
191613 Akmarzhan Kalmurzayeva Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 70.86
20105 Olga Polyuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 68.76
21244 Alexandra Bär Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 67.72
221118 Emma Weiß Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 65.52
23221 Liubov Nikitina Olympic flag.svg  ROC 63.80
24153 Anna Derugo Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 58.59
521 Anastasiya Novosad Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine DNS

Qualification 2

RankBibOrderNameCountryRound 1Round 2 [4] BestNotes
11610 Akmarzhan Kalmurzayeva Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 70.8698.6898.68Q
22511 Megan Nick Flag of the United States.svg  United States 89.1885.6589.18Q
31318 Kalia Kuhn Flag of the United States.svg  United States 84.2486.6286.62Q
427 Kong Fanyu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 83.7881.9983.78Q
5185 Eseniia Pantiukhova Olympic flag.svg  ROC 82.8477.4382.84Q
62019 Anastasiya Andryianava Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 81.58DNS81.58Q
7712 Zhanbota Aldabergenova Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 80.5668.2680.56
81715 Gabi Ash Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 77.1780.0480.04
91414 Winter Vinecki Flag of the United States.svg  United States 78.9670.5678.96
102117 Anastasiia Prytkova Olympic flag.svg  ROC 78.4377.4378.43
1169 Shao Qi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 77.4954.9077.49
12196 Naomy Boudreau-Guertin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 77.4367.0477.43
1398 Flavie Aumond Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 76.8673.9576.86
141113 Emma Weiß Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 65.5275.9875.98
15221 Liubov Nikitina Olympic flag.svg  ROC 63.8069.3069.30
16104 Olga Polyuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 68.7656.6868.76
17243 Alexandra Bär Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 67.7256.2667.72
18152 Anna Derugo Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 58.5953.6558.59
516 Anastasiya Novosad Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Did not start

Finals

RankBibNameCountryFinal 1 [5] Final 2 [6]
Jump 1Jump 2Best
Gold medal icon.svg1 Xu Mengtao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 103.89DNS103.89108.61
Silver medal icon.svg12 Hanna Huskova Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 89.4192.0092.00107.95
Bronze medal icon.svg25 Megan Nick Flag of the United States.svg  United States 95.1790.2495.1793.76
423 Ashley Caldwell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 103.92105.60105.6083.71
53 Laura Peel Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 69.16100.02100.0278.56
62 Kong Fanyu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 102.7162.24102.7159.67
78 Marion Thénault Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 66.9791.2991.29
813 Kalia Kuhn Flag of the United States.svg  United States 76.4985.6885.68
918 Eseniia Pantiukhova Olympic flag.svg  ROC 78.7558.2978.75
104 Danielle Scott Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 71.2364.7971.23
1116 Akmarzhan Kalmurzayeva Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 52.3671.2371.23
1220 Anastasiya Andryianava Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 59.2270.1170.11

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  4. Qualification 2 results
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  6. Final 2 results