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

Women's slopestyle at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Freestyle skiing
Venue	Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou
Date	14, 15 February 2022
Competitors	26 from 16 nations
Winning points	86.56
Medalists
Mathilde Gremaud  Switzerland Eileen Gu  China Kelly Sildaru  Estonia

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

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – 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]

Rank	Bib	Order	Name	Country	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Notes
1	2	4	Kelly Sildaru	Estonia	80.96	86.15	86.15	Q
2	5	5	Johanne Killi	Norway	81.48	86.00	86.00	Q
3	3	1	Eileen Gu	China	57.28	79.38	79.38	Q
4	10	14	Maggie Voisin	United States	72.78	65.93	72.78	Q
5	16	27	Anastasia Tatalina	ROC	63.85	72.03	72.03	Q
6	9	16	Kirsty Muir	Great Britain	70.11	63.91	70.11	Q
7	12	21	Marin Hamill	United States	69.43	37.36	69.43	Q
8	18	12	Silvia Bertagna	Italy	65.25	68.90	68.90	Q
9	1	3	Tess Ledeux	France	22.13	68.13	68.13	Q
10	14	17	Katie Summerhayes	Great Britain	66.56	59.11	66.56	Q
11	17	23	Olivia Asselin	Canada	64.68	6.75	64.68	Q
12	7	7	Mathilde Gremaud	Switzerland	39.41	63.46	63.46	Q
13	6	9	Megan Oldham	Canada	6.45	63.10	63.10
14	15	13	Lara Wolf	Austria	62.56	24.38	62.56
15	24	10	Anni Kärävä	Finland	55.80	61.73	61.73
16	19	24	Margaux Hackett	New Zealand	54.93	37.28	54.93
17	27	20	Alia Delia Eichinger	Germany	26.45	50.68	50.68
18	20	11	Darian Stevens	United States	6.18	50.01	50.01
19	13	18	Sandra Eie	Norway	49.08	31.31	49.08
20	4	2	Sarah Höfflin	Switzerland	35.38	48.96	48.96
21	21	15	Ksenia Orlova	ROC	45.31	32.20	45.31
22	28	6	Dominique Ohaco	Chile	17.28	44.85	44.85
23	26	26	Yang Shuorui	China	18.46	39.05	39.05
24	25	25	Elisa Maria Nakab	Italy	8.60	32.70	32.70
25	22	8	Laura Wallner	Austria	30.36	30.70	30.70
26	29	19	Abi Harrigan	Australia	16.10	26.31	26.31
	12	22	Caroline Claire	United States	DNS

Final

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

Rank	Bib	Order	Name	Country	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best[6]
	7	1	Mathilde Gremaud	Switzerland	1.10	86.56	46.96	86.56
	3	10	Eileen Gu	China	69.90	16.98	86.23	86.23
	2	12	Kelly Sildaru	Estonia	82.06	46.71	78.75	82.06
4	16	8	Anastasia Tatalina	ROC	39.38	74.16	75.51	75.51
5	10	9	Maggie Voisin	United States	35.48	74.28	66.03	74.28
6	5	11	Johanne Killi	Norway	24.86	73.11	71.78	73.11
7	1	4	Tess Ledeux	France	72.91	23.08	28.81	72.91
8	9	7	Kirsty Muir	Great Britain	41.86	71.30	69.21	71.30
9	14	3	Katie Summerhayes	Great Britain	60.01	64.75	23.31	64.75
10	18	5	Silvia Bertagna	Italy	48.50	61.85	7.83	61.85
11	17	2	Olivia Asselin	Canada	16.83	DNS		16.83
	12	6	Marin Hamill	United States	DNS

References

1. Minji Seo (16 June 2021). "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). Retrieved 24 December 2021.
2. "Freestyle skiing-Freeski slopestyle qualifiers postponed until Monday due to snow". Reuters. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
3. "Qualification System for Xxiv Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 Freestyle Skiing" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 29 January 2022.
4. Qualification results
5. "Freestyle skier Marin Hamill won't compete in slopestyle final after qualifying crash; returning to U.S. for evaluation". ESPN. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
6. Final results