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

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Women's slopestyle
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Freestyle skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Genting Snow Park,
Zhangjiakou
Date14, 15 February
Competitors26 from 16 nations
Winning points86.56
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Mathilde Gremaud Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Silver medal icon.svg Eileen Gu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg Kelly Sildaru Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
  2018
2026  

The women's slopestyle competition in freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 14 February (qualification) and 15 February (final), at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. [1] Originally scheduled for 13 February (qualification) and 14 February (final), the events were delayed due to weather. [2] Mathilde Gremaud of Switzerland won the event, improving on her 2018 silver medal. Eileen Gu of China won the silver medal, and Kelly Sildaru of Estonia bronze. For Sildaru, it was the first Olympic medal. This was also the first Winter Olympics medal for Estonia since 2010.

The defending champion was Sarah Höfflin, who returned but did not qualify for the final. The bronze medalist, Isabel Atkin, qualified for the Olympics as well, but did not participate in the event. At the 2021–22 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, there were only three races held before the Olympics, and two of them were won by Sildaru who was leading the rankings. Gu was the 2021 X-Games winner, with Atkin second, and the 2021 world champion, with Gremaud second.

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. [3]

Results

Qualification

Q — Qualified for the Final

The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers move on to the medal round. [4]

RankBibOrderNameCountryRun 1Run 2BestNotes
124 Kelly Sildaru Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 80.9686.1586.15Q
255 Johanne Killi Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 81.4886.0086.00Q
331 Eileen Gu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 57.2879.3879.38Q
41014 Maggie Voisin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 72.7865.9372.78Q
51627 Anastasia Tatalina Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 63.8572.0372.03Q
6916 Kirsty Muir Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 70.1163.9170.11Q
71221 Marin Hamill Flag of the United States.svg  United States 69.4337.3669.43Q
81812 Silvia Bertagna Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 65.2568.9068.90Q
913 Tess Ledeux Flag of France.svg  France 22.1368.1368.13Q
101417 Katie Summerhayes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 66.5659.1166.56Q
111723 Olivia Asselin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 64.686.7564.68Q
1277 Mathilde Gremaud Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 39.4163.4663.46Q
1369 Megan Oldham Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6.4563.1063.10
141513 Lara Wolf Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 62.5624.3862.56
152410 Anni Kärävä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 55.8061.7361.73
161924 Margaux Hackett Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 54.9337.2854.93
172720 Alia Delia Eichinger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 26.4550.6850.68
182011 Darian Stevens Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.1850.0150.01
191318 Sandra Eie Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 49.0831.3149.08
2042 Sarah Höfflin Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 35.3848.9648.96
212115 Ksenia Orlova Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 45.3132.2045.31
22286 Dominique Ohaco Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 17.2844.8544.85
232626 Yang Shuorui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 18.4639.0539.05
242525 Elisa Maria Nakab Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8.6032.7032.70
25228 Laura Wallner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 30.3630.7030.70
262919 Abi Harrigan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 16.1026.3126.31
1222 Caroline Claire Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNS

Final

Marin Hamill advanced to the final but could not compete due to an injury. [5]

RankBibOrderNameCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3Best [6]
Gold medal icon.svg71 Mathilde Gremaud Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1.1086.5646.9686.56
Silver medal icon.svg310 Eileen Gu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 69.9016.9886.2386.23
Bronze medal icon.svg212 Kelly Sildaru Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 82.0646.7178.7582.06
4168 Anastasia Tatalina Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 39.3874.1675.5175.51
5109 Maggie Voisin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 35.4874.2866.0374.28
6511 Johanne Killi Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 24.8673.1171.7873.11
714 Tess Ledeux Flag of France.svg  France 72.9123.0828.8172.91
897 Kirsty Muir Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 41.8671.3069.2171.30
9143 Katie Summerhayes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 60.0164.7523.3164.75
10185 Silvia Bertagna Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 48.5061.857.8361.85
11172 Olivia Asselin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 16.83DNS16.83
126 Marin Hamill Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNS

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