Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's aerials explained

Event:	Women's aerials
Games:	2022 Winter
Venue:	Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou
Date:	14 February
Competitors:	24
Nations:	10
Win Value:	108.61
Win Label:	Winning points
Gold:	Xu Mengtao
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Hanna Huskova
Silvernoc:	BLR
Bronze:	Megan Nick
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The women's aerials competition in freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 14 February at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou.^[1] Xu Mengtao of China won the event, which became her first Olympic gold medal. Hanna Huskova of Belarus won the silver medal, and Megan Nick of the United States bronze, also her first Olympic medal.

The defending champion is Hanna Huskova. The 2018 silver medalist Zhang Xin did not qualify for the Olympics, but the bronze medalist Kong Fanyu did. Xu Mengtao was leading the 2021–22 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup ranking before the Olympics, with Kong Fanyu close second. Laura Peel is the 2021 world champion.

Qualification

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. A total of 25 aerialists qualified to compete at the games. For an athlete to compete they must have a minimum of 80.00 FIS points on the FIS Points List on January 17, 2022 and a top 30 finish in a World Cup event or at the FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships 2021. A country could enter a maximum of four athletes into the event.^[2]

Results

Qualification 1

Rank	Bib	Order	Name	Country	Score^[3]	Notes
1	3	17			104.54	Q
2	23	25			101.31	Q
3	1	2			101.10	Q
4	4	14			96.23	Q
5	8	12			93.06	Q
6	12	11			92.00	Q
7	25	15			89.18
8	13	23			84.24
9	2	8			83.78
10	18	6			82.84
11	20	24			81.58
12	7	16			80.56
13	14	19			78.96
14	21	22			78.43
15	6	10			77.49
16	19	7			77.43
17	17	20			77.17
18	9	9			76.86
19	16	13			70.86
20	10	5			68.76
21	24	4			67.72
22	11	18			65.52
23	22	1			63.80
24	15	3			58.59
	5	21			DNS

Qualification 2

Rank	Bib	Order	Name	Country	Round 1	Round 2^[4]	Best	Notes
1	16	10			70.86	98.68	98.68	Q
2	25	11			89.18	85.65	89.18	Q
3	13	18			84.24	86.62	86.62	Q
4	2	7			83.78	81.99	83.78	Q
5	18	5			82.84	77.43	82.84	Q
6	20	19			81.58	DNS	81.58	Q
7	7	12			80.56	68.26	80.56
8	17	15			77.17	80.04	80.04
9	14	14			78.96	70.56	78.96
10	21	17			78.43	77.43	78.43
11	6	9			77.49	54.90	77.49
12	19	6			77.43	67.04	77.43
13	9	8			76.86	73.95	76.86
14	11	13			65.52	75.98	75.98
15	22	1			63.80	69.30	69.30
16	10	4			68.76	56.68	68.76
17	24	3			67.72	56.26	67.72
18	15	2			58.59	53.65	58.59
	5	16			Did not start

Finals

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Final 1^[5]			Final 2^[6]
				Jump 1	Jump 2	Best
	1			103.89		103.89	108.61
	12			89.41	92.00	92.00	107.95
	25			95.17	90.24	95.17	93.76
4	23	Ashley Caldwell		103.92	105.60	105.60	83.71
5	3	Laura Peel		69.16	100.02	100.02	78.56
6	2	Kong Fanyu		102.71	62.24	102.71	59.67
7	8			66.97	91.29	91.29	rowspan=6
8	13			76.49	85.68	85.68
9	18			78.75	58.29	78.75
10	4			71.23	64.79	71.23
11	16			52.36	71.23	71.23
12	20			59.22	70.11	70.11

Notes and References

1. Web site: Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9 . Minji Seo. 2021-06-16. 2021-12-24.
2. Web site: Qualification System for Xxiv Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 Freestyle Skiing. International Ski Federation (FIS). 29 January 2022.
3. https://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2022/FS/8073/2022FS8073RLQ1.pdf Qualification 1 results
4. https://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2022/FS/8073/2022FS8073RLQ2.pdf Qualification 2 results
5. https://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2022/FS/8074/2022FS8074RLF1.pdf Final 1 results
6. https://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2022/FS/8074/2022FS8074RLF2.pdf Final 2 results