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.Start list

Qualification

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.

Results Qualification The qualification was held on 19 February at 10:00.Qualification results

Rank Start Order Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes 1 8 3 Cassie Sharpe 93.0093.4093.40Q 2 10 7 Marie Martinod 91.6092.0092.00Q 3 5 1 Brita Sigourney 90.6090.6090.60Q 4 7 6 Annalisa Drew 85.4086.0086.00Q 5 2 13 Ayana Onozuka 74.6084.8084.80Q 6 15 4 Maddie Bowman 83.6083.8083.80Q 7 16 11 Sabrina Cakmakli 81.8031.4081.80Q 8 1 2 Zhang Kexin 80.6081.0081.00Q 9 20 22 Rowan Cheshire 74.0071.4074.00Q 10 11 8 Valeriya Demidova 71.0073.6073.60Q 11 17 24 Rosalind Groenewoud 73.2072.8073.20Q 12 18 17 Anaïs Caradeux 25.0072.8072.80Q 13 6 12 Elisabeth Gram 72.2020.0072.20 14 3 10 Saori Suzuki 69.2071.8071.80 15 13 5 Devin Logan 71.6025.6071.60 16 19 20 Janina Kuzma 67.8048.6067.80 17 4 14 Molly Summerhayes 60.8066.0066.00 18 12 16 Jang Yu-jin 64.4060.0064.40 19 21 21 Chai Hong 58.0063.6063.60 20 9 15 Wu Meng 53.4061.0061.00 21 23 18 Britt Hawes 52.2057.4057.40 22 14 9 Yurie Watabe 21.2056.6056.60 23 22 19 Laila Friis-Salling 45.0011.8045.00 24 24 23 Elizabeth Swaney 30.0031.4031.40

Final The final was held on 20 February at 10:30.Final results

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

Qualification controversies

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.

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