Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's slopestyle

Last updated

Contents

Women's slopestyle
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Lady'sSlopstyleSochi2014.jpg
Venue Rosa Khutor Extreme Park
Date6 February 2014 (qualification)
9 February 2014 (semi-finals & final)
Competitors23 from 11 nations
Winning score95.25
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jamie Anderson Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Enni Rukajärvi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Bronze medal icon.svg Jenny Jones Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2018  

The women's slopestyle competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on 6 February (qualification) and 9 February (semi-finals and final). [1] This was the first time that a slopestyle event was included in the Olympic program. [2]

Jamie Anderson of the United States became the first Olympic champion. Enni Rukajärvi from Finland took the silver, and Jenny Jones from Great Britain won the bronze medal.

Qualification

An athlete must have placed in the top 30 in at a World Cup event after July 2012 or at the 2013 World Championships and a minimum of 50 FIS points. A total of 24 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 4 athletes can be entered by a National Olympic Committee. [3]

Slovenia's Cilka Sadar also earned a spot to compete, but did not compete due to an injury occurring just days before the competition, [4] leaving a total of 23 athletes from 11 nations.

Schedule

All times are (UTC+4).

DateTimeRound
6 February14:00Qualification
9 February10:30Semi-finals
13:15Final

Results

Qualification

The top four riders from each heat automatically qualify for the final round. The remaining riders qualify for the semi-final round. The result is calculated as the best score of the two runs. The following were the results of the qualification round: [5]

QF – Qualified directly for the Final
QS – Qualified for the Semi-final
Bib – Bib number
DNS – Did Not Start
Tie – Tie breaking points
RankHeatBibNameCountryRun 1Run 2BestNotes
115 Isabel Derungs Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 82.5087.5087.50QF
2111 Torah Bright Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 85.2580.0085.25QF
314 Spencer O'Brien Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 82.7565.0082.75QF
418 Enni Rukajärvi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 79.0023.7579.00QF
511 Jenny Jones Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 74.2521.7574.25QS
6110 Rebecca Torr Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 70.7533.7570.75QS
716 Christy Prior Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 67.5070.5070.50QS
819 Stefi Luxton Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 59.7534.2559.75QS
913 Sina Candrian Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 58.2536.5058.25QS
1017 Aimee Fuller Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 44.5039.0044.50QS
11112 Shelly Gotlieb Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 18.0030.7530.75QS
1212 Kjersti Buaas Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 12.5017.7517.75QS
1214 Anna Gasser Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 89.5095.5095.50QF
2218 Jamie Anderson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 93.50DNS93.50QF
3220 Elena Könz Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 86.2538.0086.25QF
4222 Karly Shorr Flag of the United States.svg  United States 45.0084.7584.75QF
5217 Šárka Pančochová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 77.7533.7577.75QS
6216 Jenna Blasman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 60.2551.5060.25QS
7223 Jessika Jenson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 34.0058.5058.50QS
8215 Silje Norendal Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 31.0039.0039.00QS
9219 Cheryl Maas Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 18.0031.2531.25QS
10221 Merika Enne Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 17.00DNS17.00QS
11213 Ty Walker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1.00DNS1.00QS

Semi-final

The top four riders from the semi-final round qualify for the final round. The result is calculated as the best score of the two runs.

RankBibNameCountryRun 1Run 2BestNotes
117 Šárka Pančochová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 90.5022.5090.50QF
23 Sina Candrian Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 84.2581.5084.25QF
31 Jenny Jones Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 82.2583.2583.25QF
415 Silje Norendal Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 16.7578.7578.75QF
523 Jessika Jenson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 72.0050.5072.00
613 Ty Walker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 66.0043.7566.00
712 Shelly Gotlieb Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 63.2533.7563.25
89 Stefi Luxton Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 18.2560.2560.25
97 Aimee Fuller Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 33.7537.5037.50
1010 Rebecca Torr Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 27.2532.5032.50
1116 Jenna Blasman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 32.2510.5032.25
1219 Cheryl Maas Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 30.7514.7530.75
6 Christy Prior Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand DNS
2 Kjersti Buaas Flag of Norway.svg  Norway DNS
21 Merika Enne Flag of Finland.svg  Finland DNS

Final

In the final, Šárka Pančochová, who did not qualify directly to the final and had to go through the semi-final, posted the best result in the first run, but fell in the second run and was classified fifth. In the second run, first Jones, who also went through the semi-final, scored 87.25, followed by Sina Candrian with 87.00. Rukajärvi, running fifth, scored 92.50, and pushed Pančochová out of medal position. Anderson scored 95.25 and took the lead with two more athletes to go, Isabel Derungs and Anna Gasser. They both fell and were left out of the medals. [6] [7]

RankBibNameCountryRun 1Run 2BestNotes
Gold medal icon.svg18 Jamie Anderson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 80.7595.2595.25
Silver medal icon.svg8 Enni Rukajärvi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 73.7592.5092.50
Bronze medal icon.svg1 Jenny Jones Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 73.0087.2587.25
43 Sina Candrian Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 77.2587.0087.00
517 Šárka Pančochová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 86.2520.0086.25
622 Karly Shorr Flag of the United States.svg  United States 39.0075.0075.00
711 Torah Bright Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 64.7566.2566.25
85 Isabel Derungs Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 58.5015.2558.50
920 Elena Könz Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 24.5054.5054.50
1014 Anna Gasser Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 49.0051.7551.75
1115 Silje Norendal Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 49.5032.0049.50
124 Spencer O'Brien Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 30.0035.0035.00

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Šárka Pančochová</span> Czech snowboarder

Šárka Pančochová is a Czech snowboarder. She started snowboarding in 2002 at her local mountains in Moravia, Czech Republic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Enni Rukajärvi</span> Finnish snowboarder

Enni Rukajärvi is a Finnish snowboarder. She won the gold medal at the 2011 FIS Snowboarding World Championships in the slopestyle event. Rukajärvi also won gold in Snowboard SlopeStyle at the 2011 Winter X Games XV in Aspen.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

The United States competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from February 7 to 23, 2014. Team USA consisted of 222 athletes competing in all 15 sports.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Finland at the 2014 Winter Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Finland competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. The Finnish team consisted of 103 competitors who participated in alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, ski jumping, snowboarding, and speed skating.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Switzerland at the 2014 Winter Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Switzerland competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. 163 athletes were participating, making it the largest team Switzerland has ever sent to the Olympic Winter Games. The four-time Olympic gold medalist Simon Ammann was the flag bearer for the opening ceremony.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Czech Republic at the 2014 Winter Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Czech Republic competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. A team of 83 athletes in 11 sports competed for the country.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Norway at the 2014 Winter Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Norway competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Slovenia at the 2014 Winter Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Slovenia competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. Sixty-six competitors were chosen to participate, in eight sports. For the first time since the country's independence, the Slovenia men's national ice hockey team qualified for the Olympic tournament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Austria at the 2014 Winter Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Austria competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The team was composed of 132 athletes in 14 sports, consisting of 90 men and 42 women. The 132 athletes is 27 more than the country's previous largest Winter Olympics team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Japan at the 2014 Winter Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Japan competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. Japan's team consisted of 136 athletes in all 15 sports.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">France at the 2014 Winter Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

France competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Great Britain at the 2014 Winter Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The British team was made up of athletes from the whole United Kingdom including Northern Ireland, whose athletes may have elected to hold Irish citizenship, allowing them to represent either Great Britain or Ireland. Additionally some British overseas territories competed separately from Britain in Olympic competition. A total of 56 athletes competed in 11 sports making it the biggest contingent that Great Britain had sent to a Winter Olympic Games for twenty-six years.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Italy at the 2014 Winter Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Italy competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. On 21 February it was announced that bobsledder William Frullani had tested positive for methylhexanamine and was sent home from Sochi. For the first time since 1980, Italy failed to win a gold medal in an Olympics. Closest was the alpine skier Christof Innerhofer who lost the gold in downhill against Matthias Mayer of Austria with only six hundredths of a second separating the two.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Australia at the 2014 Winter Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Australia competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. Australia's team consisted of 60 athletes competing in 11 sports, which represented the largest Winter Olympics team the country had ever sent.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's slopestyle</span>

The men's slopestyle competition of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi were held at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on 6 February (qualification) and 8 February. This was the first time that a slopestyle event was included in the Olympic program.

The women's big air competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 19 and 22 February 2018 at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Stadium in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The event made its Olympic debut.

The women's slopestyle competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 12 February 2018 at the Bogwang Phoenix Park in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

The men's moguls event in freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place from 9 to 12 February 2018 at the Bogwang Phoenix Park, Pyeongchang, South Korea.

The Women's moguls event in freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place at the Bogwang Phoenix Park, Pyeongchang, South Korea from 9 to 11 February 2018. It was won by Perrine Laffont, with Justine Dufour-Lapointe taking silver and Yuliya Galysheva taking bronze. For Laffont and Galysheva these were first Olympic medals. Galysheva also won the first ever medal in Kazakhstan in freestyle skiing.

The women's slopestyle competition in snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 5 February (qualification) and 6 February (final), at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou.

References

  1. "Snowboarding Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  2. Gillespie, Kerry (30 October 2013). "Sochi 2014: Younger, hipper Olympics to feature slew of new events". Toronto Star . Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  3. "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Ski Federation. December 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  4. "Cilka Sadar zaradi poškodbe ob olimpijski nastop :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija". Rtvslo.si. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  5. "Snowboard Ladies' Slopestyle Qualification Results" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. FIS. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  6. http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2014/SB/7010/7010RLR0.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  7. "Sochi 2014: Winter Olympics day two – as it happened". The Guardian . 9 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.