Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's halfpipe

The Women's halfpipe event in freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 19 and 20 February 2018 at the Bogwang Phoenix Park, Pyeongchang, South Korea.[1][2]

Women's halfpipe
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueBogwang Phoenix Park, Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dates19 February (qualification)
20 February (final)
Competitors24 from 13 nations
Winning score95.80
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Cassie Sharpe  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marie Martinod  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Brita Sigourney  United States
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Qualification

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The top 30 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified, with a maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30 of a FIS World Cup event or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period (July 1, 2016 to January 21, 2018) and also have a minimum of 50 FIS points to compete. If the host country, South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics did not qualify, their chosen athlete would displace the last qualified athlete, granted all qualification criteria were met.[3]

Results

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Qualification

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The qualification was held on 19 February at 10:00.[4]

Rank Start Order Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes
1 8 3 Cassie Sharpe   Canada 93.00 93.40 93.40 Q
2 10 7 Marie Martinod   France 91.60 92.00 92.00 Q
3 5 1 Brita Sigourney   United States 90.60 90.60 90.60 Q
4 7 6 Annalisa Drew   United States 85.40 86.00 86.00 Q
5 2 13 Ayana Onozuka   Japan 74.60 84.80 84.80 Q
6 15 4 Maddie Bowman   United States 83.60 83.80 83.80 Q
7 16 11 Sabrina Cakmakli   Germany 81.80 31.40 81.80 Q
8 1 2 Zhang Kexin   China 80.60 81.00 81.00 Q
9 20 22 Rowan Cheshire   Great Britain 74.00 71.40 74.00 Q
10 11 8 Valeriya Demidova   Olympic Athletes from Russia 71.00 73.60 73.60 Q
11 17 24 Rosalind Groenewoud   Canada 73.20 72.80 73.20 Q
12 18 17 Anaïs Caradeux   France 25.00 72.80 72.80 Q
13 6 12 Elisabeth Gram   Austria 72.20 20.00 72.20
14 3 10 Saori Suzuki   Japan 69.20 71.80 71.80
15 13 5 Devin Logan   United States 71.60 25.60 71.60
16 19 20 Janina Kuzma   New Zealand 67.80 48.60 67.80
17 4 14 Molly Summerhayes   Great Britain 60.80 66.00 66.00
18 12 16 Jang Yu-jin   South Korea 64.40 60.00 64.40
19 21 21 Chai Hong   China 58.00 63.60 63.60
20 9 15 Wu Meng   China 53.40 61.00 61.00
21 23 18 Britt Hawes   New Zealand 52.20 57.40 57.40
22 14 9 Yurie Watabe   Japan 21.20 56.60 56.60
23 22 19 Laila Friis-Salling   Denmark 45.00 11.80 45.00
24 24 23 Elizabeth Swaney   Hungary 30.00 31.40 31.40

Final

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The final was held on 20 February at 10:30.[5]

Rank Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Notes
  3 Cassie Sharpe   Canada 94.40 95.80 42.00 95.80
  7 Marie Martinod   France 92.20 92.60 23.20 92.60
  1 Brita Sigourney   United States 89.80 88.60 91.60 91.60
4 6 Annalisa Drew   United States 86.80 73.00 90.80 90.80
5 13 Ayana Onozuka   Japan 50.80 77.20 82.20 82.20
6 8 Valeriya Demidova   Olympic Athletes from Russia 79.00 80.60 77.60 80.60
7 22 Rowan Cheshire   Great Britain 75.40 17.80 13.60 75.40
8 11 Sabrina Cakmakli   Germany 74.20 57.60 20.40 74.20
9 2 Zhang Kexin   China 73.00 55.40 71.00 73.00
10 24 Rosalind Groenewoud   Canada 70.60 67.80 66.60 70.60
11 4 Maddie Bowman   United States 25.80 26.40 27.00 27.00
12 17 Anaïs Caradeux   France DNS DNS DNS DNS

Qualification controversies

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Elizabeth Swaney, who represented Hungary, qualified for the Olympics using "a loophole", by attending many World Cup events and just finishing the runs without falling. This has been called a "mockery" and her being labelled as a "scammer" by some people, while being seen by some people as "[a person who has] put in the time and effort to be here" by others.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Schedule". POCOG. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018 Freestyle skiing" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). 9 September 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  4. ^ Qualification results
  5. ^ Final results
  6. ^ Rothbart, Davy (14 March 2019). "After a mysterious freestyle ski run in last year's Winter Olympics, people called Elizabeth Swaney a scam artist and the worst athlete in the history of the games. They're wrong". The Believer. The California Sunday Magazine. Retrieved 2019-03-16.