Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The ten events took place between 6–21 February 2014.
In April 2011 the International Olympic Committee approved the addition of the halfpipe event for both, men and women. In July 2011, slopestyle was also added to the program, therefore a total of four new events were added to the freestyle skiing program.
Competition schedule
The following is the competition schedule for all ten events.
All times are (UTC+4). Date Time Event 6 February 18:00 Women's moguls qualification 8 February 18:00 Women's moguls qualification 2 22:00 Women's moguls final 10 February 18:00 Men's moguls qualification 22:00 Men's moguls final 11 February 10:00 Women's slopestyle qualification 13:00 Women's slopestyle final 13 February 10:15 Men's slopestyle qualification 13:30 Men's slopestyle final 14 February 17:45 Women's aerials qualification 21:30 Women's aerials final 17 February 17:45 Men's aerials qualification 21:30 Men's aerials final 18 February 17:45 Men's halfpipe qualification 21:30 Men's halfpipe final 20 February 11:45 Men's ski cross qualification 13:30 Men's ski cross finals 18:30 Women's halfpipe qualification 21:30 Women's halfpipe final 21 February 11:45 Women's ski cross qualification 13:30 Women's ski cross finals
Medal summary
Medal table
Men's events aerials 134.50 110.41 95.06halfpipe 92.00 90.60 88.60moguls 26.31 24.71 24.34slopestyle 95.80 93.60 92.40ski cross
Women's events aerials 98.0183.50 72.12halfpipe 89.00 85.40 83.20moguls 22.44 21.66 21.49slopestyle 94.20 85.40 85.00ski cross
Qualification
A maximum of 282 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 26 athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of 14 men or 14 women. The five different events had different quota amounts allocated to them.
Participating nations 276 athletes from 30 nations participated, with number of athletes in parentheses. Four nations, Belgium, Brazil, The British Virgin Islands and Chile made their Olympic debuts in the sport. Paraguay made its first appearance at the Winter Olympics, with its only athlete competing in freestyle skiing.
Controversy Both Canada and Slovenia both appealed separately to the Court of Arbitration for Sport that the three French athletes in the Big Final of the men's ski cross final, had their pants illegally changed by their coach. They argued it gave the three an aerodynamic advantage over the rest of the field. Both countries first appealed to the International Ski Federation, but were rejected since they appealed hours after the end of the competition (when the deadline was 15 minutes after the close of the race). The appeal to the court was ultimately unsuccessful as well, because the Court agreed with the ski federation that the appeal was filed past the deadline.
Notes Alexandre Bilodeau became the first freestyle skiing gold medalist to defend his Olympic title, winning the men's moguls, following up his 2010 Olympics gold in men's moguls. Justine Dufour-Lapointe became the youngest freestyle skiing Olympic champion ever in the women's mogul event.
References
External links Official Results Book – Freestyle Skiing