The women's
slopestyle
Slopestyle is a winter sport in which athletes skiing, ski or snowboard down a course including a variety of obstacles including rails, jumps and other terrain park features. Points are scored for amplitude, originality and quality of tricks. Th ...
competition of the
Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at
Rosa Khutor Extreme Park
The Rosa Khutor Extreme Park (''Russian language, Russian'': Роза Хутор) under license from The Extreme Sports Company and part of the Extreme Hotel, Sochi development, is a skiing venue located west of the Rosa Khutor plateau in Krasna ...
on 6 February (qualification) and 9 February (semi-finals and final). This was the first time that a slopestyle event was included in the Olympic program.
Jamie Anderson of the United States became the first Olympic champion.
Enni Rukajärvi
Enni Rukajärvi (born 13 May 1990) is a Finnish snowboarder. She is world champion and Olympic medalist in slopestyle.
Biography
Rukajärvi won the gold medal at the 2011 FIS Snowboarding World Championships in the slopestyle event. Rukajärvi ...
from Finland took the silver, and
Jenny Jones from Great Britain won the bronze medal.
Qualification
An athlete must have placed in the top 30 in at a World Cup event after July 2012 or at the
2013 World Championships and a minimum of 50 FIS points. A total of 24 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 4 athletes can be entered by a
National Olympic Committee
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.
Slovenia's
Cilka Sadar also earned a spot to compete, but did not compete due to an injury occurring just days before the competition, leaving a total of 23 athletes from 11 nations.
Schedule
All times are (UTC+4
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).
Results
Qualification
The top four riders from each heat automatically qualify for the final round. The remaining riders qualify for the semi-final round. The result is calculated as the best score of the two runs. The following were the results of the qualification round:
: QF – Qualified directly for the Final
: QS – Qualified for the Semi-final
: Bib – Bib number
: DNS – Did Not Start
: Tie – Tie breaking points
Semi-final
The top four riders from the semi-final round qualify for the final round. The result is calculated as the best score of the two runs.
Final
In the final,
Šárka Pančochová, who did not qualify directly to the final and had to go through the semi-final, posted the best result in the first run, but fell in the second run and was classified fifth. In the second run, first Jones, who also went through the semi-final, scored 87.25, followed by
Sina Candrian with 87.00. Rukajärvi, running fifth, scored 92.50, and pushed Pančochová out of medal position. Anderson scored 95.25 and took the lead with two more athletes to go,
Isabel Derungs and
Anna Gasser
Anna Gasser (born 16 August 1991) is an Austrian Snowboarding, snowboarder, competing in slopestyle and big air. She lives in Millstatt. She is the 2018 and 2022 Olympic Champion in Big air.
Gasser qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics and sho ...
. They both fell and were left out of the medals.
References
External links
2014 Winter Olympics results: Women's Slopestyle
{{DEFAULTSORT:Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics - Women's slopestyle
Women's snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics