The women's

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competition of the

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was held on 16 February 2018

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. The event was won by

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. Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau became second, and Eva Samková, the defending champion, third. In the finals,

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lead from the start, but was passed first by Moioli, and then by Pereira de Sousa Mabileau. Before the final jump, she was fifth, also behind Samková and Chloé Trespeuch, the 2014 bronze medalist. In this jump, Trespeuch fell and crossed the finish line on her back; this allowed Jacobellis to finish fourth, 0.03 seconds behind Samková. Trespeuch, despite her fall, was fifth, and the last finalist, Aleksandra Zhekova, sixth. Jacobellis was consistently rated favorite in this Olympic event since 2006 and only won a medal once, silver in 2006. In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Bernard Rajzman, member of the Executive Board of the

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, accompanied by

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, FIS Council Member.

Qualification

The top 24 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified, with a maximum of four athletes per

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(NOC) allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30 of a FIS World Cup event or the

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during the qualification period (1 July 2016 to 21 January 2018) and also have a minimum of 100 FIS points to compete. If the host country, did not qualify, their chosen athlete would displace the last qualified athlete, granted all qualification criterion was met.

Results

Qualification

The qualification run was held at 10:00. * She suffered an accident and was injured in a training session on February 15.

Elimination round

In the quarterfinals the first three ranked competitors in each heat proceed to the next phase. In the semifinals the first three ranked competitors of each heat proceed to the Big Final. The 4th to 6th ranked competitors of each heat proceed to the Small Final.Final results
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Quarterfinals

;Heat 1 ;Heat 2 ;Heat 3 ;Heat 4

Semifinals

;Heat 1 ;Heat 2

Finals

;Small Final ;Large Final

References

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