Freestyle Skiing At The 2022 Winter Olympics – Mixed Team Aerials
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The mixed team aerials competition in
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at the
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was held on 10 February, at the
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in
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. This was the first time a mixed team short freestyle skiing event is featured at the Olympics. The United States team, represented by
Ashley Caldwell Ashley Caldwell (born September 14, 1993) is an American freestyle skier who has competed in aerials since 2008. Caldwell was named to the US team for the 2010 Winter Olympics in January 2010 after competing in the sport for only two seasons. ...
,
Christopher Lillis Christopher Lillis (born October 4, 1998) is an American freestyle skier. In the 2022 Winter Olympics, he won a gold medal in the mixed team aerials event. He participated in Freestyle Aerial Skiing at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding Wo ...
, and
Justin Schoenefeld Justin Schoenefeld (born August 13, 1998) is an American freestyle skier who specializes in aerials. Career Schoenefeld made his debut at the Nor-Am Cup for in Park City, Utah in December 2014, finishing 12th and 10th. During the 2015–16 ...
, won the event. China with
Xu Mengtao Xu Mengtao (; ; born 12 July 1990) is an Olympic Champion Chinese aerial skier. She has 27 World Cup victories and an Olympic Gold. She is also the current World Cup leader and became the first Chinese woman to win an Olympic gold in the Aer ...
, Jia Zongyang, and Qi Guangpu won the silver medal, and Canada with Marion Thénault, Miha Fontaine, and Lewis Irving became the bronze medalist. At the 2021–22 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, only two mixed team events were held before the Olympics. Both were won by China, with Russia and the United States ranked one time second, and Ukraine two times third. Russia were the 2021 world champion, and Switzerland and the United States were the silver and the bronze medalists, respectively.


Qualification

A total of up to 8 teams qualified to compete. Every country with at least three athletes qualified (with at least one man and one woman) can enter.


Results


References

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