Women's slopestyle at the XXII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Rosa Khutor Extreme Park | ||||||||||||
Date | 6 February 2014 (qualification) 9 February 2014 (semi-finals & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 23 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning score | 95.25 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
Halfpipe | men | women |
Parallel giant slalom | men | women |
Parallel slalom | men | women |
Slopestyle | men | women |
Snowboard cross | men | women |
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.
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.
All times are (UTC+4).
Date | Time | Round |
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6 February | 14:00 | Qualification |
9 February | 10:30 | Semi-finals |
13:15 | Final |
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]
Rank | Heat | Bib | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Notes |
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1 | 1 | 5 | Isabel Derungs | Switzerland | 82.50 | 87.50 | 87.50 | QF |
2 | 1 | 11 | Torah Bright | Australia | 85.25 | 80.00 | 85.25 | QF |
3 | 1 | 4 | Spencer O'Brien | Canada | 82.75 | 65.00 | 82.75 | QF |
4 | 1 | 8 | Enni Rukajärvi | Finland | 79.00 | 23.75 | 79.00 | QF |
5 | 1 | 1 | Jenny Jones | Great Britain | 74.25 | 21.75 | 74.25 | QS |
6 | 1 | 10 | Rebecca Torr | New Zealand | 70.75 | 33.75 | 70.75 | QS |
7 | 1 | 6 | Christy Prior | New Zealand | 67.50 | 70.50 | 70.50 | QS |
8 | 1 | 9 | Stefi Luxton | New Zealand | 59.75 | 34.25 | 59.75 | QS |
9 | 1 | 3 | Sina Candrian | Switzerland | 58.25 | 36.50 | 58.25 | QS |
10 | 1 | 7 | Aimee Fuller | Great Britain | 44.50 | 39.00 | 44.50 | QS |
11 | 1 | 12 | Shelly Gotlieb | New Zealand | 18.00 | 30.75 | 30.75 | QS |
12 | 1 | 2 | Kjersti Buaas | Norway | 12.50 | 17.75 | 17.75 | QS |
1 | 2 | 14 | Anna Gasser | Austria | 89.50 | 95.50 | 95.50 | QF |
2 | 2 | 18 | Jamie Anderson | United States | 93.50 | DNS | 93.50 | QF |
3 | 2 | 20 | Elena Könz | Switzerland | 86.25 | 38.00 | 86.25 | QF |
4 | 2 | 22 | Karly Shorr | United States | 45.00 | 84.75 | 84.75 | QF |
5 | 2 | 17 | Šárka Pančochová | Czech Republic | 77.75 | 33.75 | 77.75 | QS |
6 | 2 | 16 | Jenna Blasman | Canada | 60.25 | 51.50 | 60.25 | QS |
7 | 2 | 23 | Jessika Jenson | United States | 34.00 | 58.50 | 58.50 | QS |
8 | 2 | 15 | Silje Norendal | Norway | 31.00 | 39.00 | 39.00 | QS |
9 | 2 | 19 | Cheryl Maas | Netherlands | 18.00 | 31.25 | 31.25 | QS |
10 | 2 | 21 | Merika Enne | Finland | 17.00 | DNS | 17.00 | QS |
11 | 2 | 13 | Ty Walker | United States | 1.00 | DNS | 1.00 | QS |
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.
Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Notes |
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1 | 17 | Šárka Pančochová | Czech Republic | 90.50 | 22.50 | 90.50 | QF |
2 | 3 | Sina Candrian | Switzerland | 84.25 | 81.50 | 84.25 | QF |
3 | 1 | Jenny Jones | Great Britain | 82.25 | 83.25 | 83.25 | QF |
4 | 15 | Silje Norendal | Norway | 16.75 | 78.75 | 78.75 | QF |
5 | 23 | Jessika Jenson | United States | 72.00 | 50.50 | 72.00 | |
6 | 13 | Ty Walker | United States | 66.00 | 43.75 | 66.00 | |
7 | 12 | Shelly Gotlieb | New Zealand | 63.25 | 33.75 | 63.25 | |
8 | 9 | Stefi Luxton | New Zealand | 18.25 | 60.25 | 60.25 | |
9 | 7 | Aimee Fuller | Great Britain | 33.75 | 37.50 | 37.50 | |
10 | 10 | Rebecca Torr | New Zealand | 27.25 | 32.50 | 32.50 | |
11 | 16 | Jenna Blasman | Canada | 32.25 | 10.50 | 32.25 | |
12 | 19 | Cheryl Maas | Netherlands | 30.75 | 14.75 | 30.75 | |
6 | Christy Prior | New Zealand | DNS | ||||
2 | Kjersti Buaas | Norway | DNS | ||||
21 | Merika Enne | Finland | DNS |
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]
Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Notes |
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18 | Jamie Anderson | United States | 80.75 | 95.25 | 95.25 | ||
8 | Enni Rukajärvi | Finland | 73.75 | 92.50 | 92.50 | ||
1 | Jenny Jones | Great Britain | 73.00 | 87.25 | 87.25 | ||
4 | 3 | Sina Candrian | Switzerland | 77.25 | 87.00 | 87.00 | |
5 | 17 | Šárka Pančochová | Czech Republic | 86.25 | 20.00 | 86.25 | |
6 | 22 | Karly Shorr | United States | 39.00 | 75.00 | 75.00 | |
7 | 11 | Torah Bright | Australia | 64.75 | 66.25 | 66.25 | |
8 | 5 | Isabel Derungs | Switzerland | 58.50 | 15.25 | 58.50 | |
9 | 20 | Elena Könz | Switzerland | 24.50 | 54.50 | 54.50 | |
10 | 14 | Anna Gasser | Austria | 49.00 | 51.75 | 51.75 | |
11 | 15 | Silje Norendal | Norway | 49.50 | 32.00 | 49.50 | |
12 | 4 | Spencer O'Brien | Canada | 30.00 | 35.00 | 35.00 |
Šárka Pančochová is a Czech snowboarder. She started snowboarding in 2002 at her local mountains in Moravia, Czech Republic.
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.
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