Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's big air
The women's big air competition in snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 14 February (qualification) and 15 February (final), at the Big Air Shougang in Beijing.[1] Anna Gasser of Austria won the event, successfully defending her 2018 title. Zoi Sadowski-Synnott of New Zealand won the silver medal, and Kokomo Murase of Japan bronze, her first Olympic medal.
| Women's big air at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Big Air Shougang, Beijing |
| Date | 14, 15 February |
| Competitors | 29 from 21 nations |
| Winning time | 185.50 |
| Medalists | |
The 2018 silver medalist, Jamie Anderson, twice Olympic champion in slopestyle, and the bronze medalist, Sadowski-Synnott, qualified as well. Andreson did not qualify for the finals. At the 2021–22 FIS Snowboard World Cup, only two big air events were held before the Olympics. Gasser was second in both, and was leading the ranking, followed by Reira Iwabuchi and Murase. Laurie Blouin was the 2021 world champion, with Sadowski-Synnott and Miyabi Onitsuka being the silver and bronze medalists, respectively. Sadowski-Synnott was the 2021 X-Games winner, ahead of Anderson and Onitsuka.
Qualification
A total of 30 snowboarders qualified to compete at the games. For an athlete to compete they must have a minimum of 50.00 FIS points in Big Air or Slopestyle on the FIS Points List on January 17, 2022 and a top 30 finish in a World Cup event in Big Air or slopestyle or at the FIS Snowboard World Championships 2021. 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]
| Rank | Bib | Order | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Zoi Sadowski-Synnott | New Zealand | 85.50 | 62.25 | 91.00 | 176.50 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | 17 | Kokomo Murase | Japan | 85.00 | 72.75 | 86.00 | 171.00 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Reira Iwabuchi | Japan | 83.00 | 75.50 | 11.75 | 158.50 | Q |
| 4 | 9 | 14 | Laurie Blouin | Canada | 68.00 | 67.25 | 88.25 | 156.25 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Miyabi Onitsuka | Japan | 80.75 | 72.25 | 73.50 | 154.25 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 24 | Anna Gasser | Austria | 73.25 | 62.25 | 80.25 | 153.50 | Q |
| 7 | 8 | 15 | Tess Coady | Australia | 74.00 | 54.75 | 62.25 | 136.25 | Q |
| 8 | 11 | 25 | Annika Morgan | Germany | 12.00 | 64.25 | 68.00 | 132.25 | Q |
| 9 | 30 | 13 | Rong Ge | China | 10.75 | 64.00 | 65.75 | 129.75 | Q |
| 10 | 17 | 18 | Jasmine Baird | Canada | 69.00 | 60.50 | 69.00 | 129.50 | Q |
| 11 | 13 | 8 | Melissa Peperkamp | Netherlands | 60.00 | 68.25 | 58.00 | 128.25 | Q |
| 12 | 15 | 19 | Hailey Langland | United States | 62.00 | 65.50 | 21.25 | 127.50 | Q |
| 13 | 23 | 9 | Bianca Gisler | Switzerland | 50.00 | 63.50 | 63.75 | 127.25 | |
| 14 | 20 | 11 | Šárka Pančochová | Czech Republic | 20.75 | 62.75 | 60.25 | 123.00 | |
| 15 | 4 | 5 | Jamie Anderson | United States | 30.00 | 29.50 | 89.75 | 119.75 | |
| 16 | 22 | 10 | Klaudia Medlová | Slovakia | 62.25 | 51.00 | 29.75 | 113.25 | |
| 17 | 31 | 12 | Kamilla Kozuback | Hungary | 51.50 | 5.50 | 59.00 | 110.50 | |
| 18 | 26 | 20 | Urška Pribošič | Slovenia | 43.00 | 25.75 | 63.75 | 106.75 | |
| 19 | 19 | 28 | Courtney Rummel | United States | 44.75 | 56.25 | 38.75 | 101.00 | |
| 20 | 28 | 6 | Carola Niemelä | Finland | 12.75 | 58.50 | 42.25 | 100.75 | |
| 21 | 10 | 22 | Brooke Voigt | Canada | 65.00 | 31.00 | 17.50 | 96.00 | |
| 22 | 5 | 3 | Enni Rukajärvi | Finland | 25.75 | 17.25 | 63.50 | 89.25 | |
| 23 | 21 | 16 | Ariane Burri | Switzerland | 57.75 | 18.75 | 27.25 | 85.00 | |
| 24 | 16 | 30 | Evy Poppe | Belgium | 44.00 | 60.75 | 21.00 | 81.75 | |
| 25 | 14 | 27 | Katie Ormerod | Great Britain | 14.75 | 60.25 | 9.50 | 69.75 | |
| 26 | 24 | 7 | Ekaterina Kosova | ROC | 17.00 | 46.00 | 10.50 | 63.00 | |
| 27 | 25 | 29 | Hanne Eilertsen | Norway | 39.75 | 17.50 | 12.75 | 57.25 | |
| 28 | 29 | 26 | Lea Jugovac | Croatia | 9.25 | 15.00 | 10.00 | 24.25 | |
| 29 | 27 | 21 | Lucile Lefevre | France | 19.00 | 15.00 | 20.00 | 20.00 | |
| 12 | 23 | Julia Marino | United States | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS |
Final
| Rank | Bib | Order | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 7 | Anna Gasser | Austria | 90.00 | 86.75 | 95.50 | 185.50 | |
| 2 | 12 | Zoi Sadowski-Synnott | New Zealand | 93.25 | 83.75 | 30.25 | 177.00 | |
| 6 | 11 | Kokomo Murase | Japan | 80.00 | 91.50 | 12.00 | 171.50 | |
| 4 | 3 | 10 | Reira Iwabuchi | Japan | 83.75 | 82.25 | 37.00 | 166.00 |
| 5 | 30 | 4 | Rong Ge | China | 29.00 | 85.75 | 74.25 | 160.00 |
| 6 | 13 | 2 | Melissa Peperkamp | Netherlands | 64.25 | 72.00 | 69.75 | 141.75 |
| 7 | 17 | 3 | Jasmine Baird | Canada | 68.75 | 48.75 | 61.25 | 130.00 |
| 8 | 9 | 9 | Laurie Blouin | Canada | 13.50 | 86.25 | 28.75 | 115.00 |
| 9 | 8 | 6 | Tess Coady | Australia | 85.00 | 29.75 | 8.50 | 114.75 |
| 10 | 11 | 5 | Annika Morgan | Germany | 15.50 | 73.50 | 14.50 | 88.00 |
| 11 | 1 | 8 | Miyabi Onitsuka | Japan | 9.50 | 54.50 | 10.75 | 65.25 |
| 12 | 15 | 1 | Hailey Langland | United States | 25.25 | 31.00 | 22.25 | 56.25 |
References
- ^ "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). New.inews.gtimg.com. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "Qualification System for Xxiv Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 International Ski Federation Snowboard" (PDF). Fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). 19 October 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ Qualification results