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

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Women's big air
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Freestyle skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Big Air Shougang,
Beijing
Date7, 8 February
Competitors25 from 15 nations
Winning points188.25
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Eileen Gu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Tess Ledeux Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Mathilde Gremaud Flag of Switzerland.svg  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

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]

RankBibOrderNameCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalNotes
1820 Megan Oldham Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 80.0091.258.25171.25Q
224 Tess Ledeux Flag of France.svg  France 90.5080.5020.00171.00Q
31124 Anastasia Tatalina Olympic flag.svg  ROC 68.7589.7573.50163.25Q
41617 Sandra Eie Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 77.5076.2584.50162.00Q
545 Eileen Gu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 89.0024.5072.25161.25Q
612 Mathilde Gremaud Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 88.2571.0033.75159.25Q
71215 Kirsty Muir Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 89.2567.0068.25157.50Q
82222 Darian Stevens Flag of the United States.svg  United States 84.7510.0067.25152.00Q
9626 Sarah Höfflin Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 85.5042.7564.00149.50Q
1051 Johanne Killi Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 87.5060.7558.25148.25Q
111916 Olivia Asselin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 60.7587.0016.00147.75Q
122412 Anni Kärävä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 82.5052.5062.00144.50Q
131713 Katie Summerhayes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 63.7569.2567.25136.50
141519 Marin Hamill Flag of the United States.svg  United States 61.5066.0066.25132.25
151421 Maggie Voisin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16.2560.0068.00128.00
162723 Dominique Ohaco Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 60.2511.2566.25126.50
1733 Kelly Sildaru Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 40.2585.2528.00125.50
18266 Alia Delia Eichinger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 51.0064.7539.00115.75
19218 Ksenia Orlova Olympic flag.svg  ROC 60.0054.759.00114.75
202010 Yang Shuorui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 38.2540.5055.5096.00
211811 Lara Wolf Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 25.2536.2555.2591.50
221318 Margaux Hackett Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 9.759.0065.0074.75
232325 Laura Wallner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 59.509.009.0068.50
241014 Caroline Claire Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.0017.25DNS20.00
2599 Silvia Bertagna Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 17.0016.75DNS17.00
77 Elena Gaskell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Did not start

Final

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RankBibOrderNameCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3Total
Gold medal icon.svg48 Eileen Gu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 93.7588.5094.50188.25
Silver medal icon.svg211 Tess Ledeux Flag of France.svg  France 94.5093.0073.25187.50
Bronze medal icon.svg17 Mathilde Gremaud Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 89.2593.2526.00182.50
4812 Megan Oldham Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 85.0089.2588.75178.00
5126 Kirsty Muir Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 90.2578.7515.50169.00
664 Sarah Höfflin Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 82.5053.0076.25158.75
753 Johanne Killi Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 87.7558.5065.50153.25
8192 Olivia Asselin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 62.0060.2585.50147.50
9241 Anni Kärävä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 81.0054.0082.50136.50
101110 Anastasia Tatalina Olympic flag.svg  ROC 75.5022.2547.00122.50
11225 Darian Stevens Flag of the United States.svg  United States 56.7550.7518.2575.00
12169 Sandra Eie Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 17.0019.0064.5064.50

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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. Qualification results
  4. Final results