Winter X Games XIX explained

Event:Winter X Games XIX
Location: Aspen, Colorado
Dates:January 21–25
Previous:2014
Next:2016

Winter X Games XIX (re-titled Winter X Games Aspen '15; styled as Winter X Games Nineteen in the official logo) were held from January 21 to January 25, 2015, in Aspen, Colorado. They were the 14th consecutive Winter X Games to be held in Aspen. The events were broadcast on ESPN. The games featured participants from the United States, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Japan, New Zealand, France, Switzerland, Italy, and Australia.[1]

Participating athletes competed in six Skiing events, eight Snowboarding events, and five Snowmobiling events. There was also a exhibition tournament organized by Major League Gaming. The United States won 31 of 57 medals awarded, with nine other countries medalling.

Chronology of events

Day One

The games began on Wednesday, January 21 with the first event, the Women's Ski Superpipe. American Maddie Bowman came in first place with a score of 85.66. Japanese skier Ayana Onozuka placed second and American skier Brita Sigourney placed third.[2]

Day Two

The second day began with three qualifying events, the Men's Snowboarder X Qualifying, Women's Snowboarder X Qualifying, and the Snowboarder X Adaptive Qualifying. The afternoon consisted of the Mono Skier X Final. In the Mono Skier Final, American Chris Devlin-Young came in first place and Brandon Adam came in second.[3] In the evening, the Men's Snowboard SuperPipe Final, Snowmobile Speed & Style Final, and the Men's Snowboard SuperPipe Final were held. American Colten Moore won the Snowmobile Speed & Style Final, with Joe Parsons placing second and Cory Davis placing third. In the Snowboard SuperPipe Final, American snowboarder Danny Davis placed first, Japanese snowboarder Taku Hiraoka placed second, and Russian Iouri Podladtchikov placed third.[4]

Day Three

The third day began with the Men's and Women's Snowboarder X Quarterfinal, Semifinal, and Final. In the men's final, Canadian Kevin Hill came in first place followed by Italian Omar Visintin and American Nate Holland.[5] In the women's final, American Lindsey Jacobellis came in first place, with Canadian Dominique Maltais placing second and French Nelly Moenne Loccoz placing third.[6] The afternoon consisted of the Snowboarder X Adaptive semi finals and finals. American Keith Gabel came in first place, with New Zealand Carl Murphy coming in second and Canadian Alex Massie coming in third.[7] The evening consisted of the Snowboard Big Air final. Canadian Mark McMorris placed first, followed by Canadian Maxence Parrot and Japanese Yuki Kadono.[8] The day ended with the Snowmobile Long Jump. American Heath Frisby won the event. Cory Davis came in second and Colten Moore came in third place.[9]

Day Four

The fourth day began with the Men's Ski Slopestyle final in the morning, followed by the Women's Ski Slopestyle final in the afternoon. In the men's final, Nick Goepper came in first, Joss Christensen came in second, and Alex Bellemare came in third place. In the women's final, Swedish Emma Dahlström placed first. American Keri Herman came in second place followed by Canadian Dara Howell in third place.

Also in the afternoon was the Snowmobile Hillcross Quarterfinal, Semifinal, and Final. American Ryan Simon came in first place, followed by American Justin Thomas in second and Justin Titus in third.

The evening events consisted of the Women's Snowboard SuperPipe final and the Ski Big Air final. In the Women's SuperPipe final, fourteen-year-old American snowboarder Chloe Kim came in first place, making her the youngest person to ever win gold at the Winter X Games. American Kelly Clark took second place and Australian Torah Bright took third place.

In the Ski Big Air final, Canadian Vincent Gagnier came in first place, followed by American Bobby Brown in second and Swiss Elias Ambühl in third place.

Day Five

The fifth day was the final day of events for the 2015 Winter X Games, starting off with the Women's Snowboard Slopestyle Final in the morning. Norwegian Silje Norendal came in first place, with American Jamie Anderson coming in second and New Zealand Christy Prior coming in third place. American skier Nick Goepper won the Slopestyle final, with American Joss Christensen placing second.

At midday was the Snowmobile SnoCross Adaptive Final. American Garrett Goodwin placed first, followed by American Doug Henry in second and American Jim Wazny in third place.

The final event of the games was the Men's Ski SuperPipe Final. Canadian Simon d'Artois came in first place, French Kevin Rolland came in second place, and American Alex Ferreira came in third place.

Results

Medal count

Skiing

Women's SuperPipe results

Rank Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Score[10]
85.00 78.00 85.66 85.66
80.00 62.33 83.33 83.33
77.00 78.66 30.33 78.66
4 69.66 23.00 11.66 69.66
5 60.3366.66 60.0066.66
6 17.66 46.6666.0066.00
7 65.33 9.33 65.66 65.66
8 27.33 - - 27.33

Men's SuperPipe results

Rank Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Score[11]
90.33 87.66 93.00 93.00
19.00 85.00 92.33 92.33
42.33 39.33 91.66 91.66
4 41.00 69.66 89.00 89.00
5 88.00 85.66 34.33 88.00
6 31.33 80.00 86.33 86.33
7 83.33 56.66 79.66 83.33
8 78.33 31.00 10.00 78.33

Men's Big Air results

Rank Name Score[12]
91
82
82
4 78
5 72
6 14

Men's SlopeStyle results

Rank Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Score[13]
93.66 33.00 80.66 93.66
90.66 89.00 20.33 90.66
83.00 85.66 31.33 85.66
4 14.33 32.33 75.00 75.00
5 20.00 72.66 65.33 72.66
6 14.66 70.00 21.00 70.00
7 30.33 34.00 57.00 57.00
8 22.66 - - 22.66

Women's SlopeStyle results

Rank Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Score[14]
82.66 90.33 35.00 90.33
86.6660.3310.33 86.66
78.66 17.6682.0082.00
4 80.33 52.00 81.00 81.00
5 15.00 79.00 34.33 79.00
6 23.00 64.66 61.33 64.66
7 18.00 29.33 57.00 57.00
8 28.00 - - 28.00

Men's Mono Skier X results

Rank Name Time[15]
1:03.246
1:06.864
1:11.600
4 16:39.999

Snowboarding

Men's Snowboarder X results

Rank Name Time[16]
0:50.036
0:51.280
0:52.122
4 0:52.356
5 0:54.909
6 0:56.536

Women's Snowboarder X results

Rank Name Time[17]
0:53.085
0:53.234
0:53.384
4 0:53.544
5 0:53.711
6 1:06.799

Men's Snowboard X Adaptive results

Rank Name Time[18]
0:57.168
0:57.449
1:01.295
4 1:08.865
5 1:08.865
6 1:10.495

Men's Big Air results

Rank Name Score[19]
88
82
66
4 58
5 40
6 19

Men's Slopestyle results

Rank Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Score[20]
51.00 96.00 29.00 96.00
95.00 15.00 34.66 95.00
92.00 39.33 37.66 92.00
4 33.33 87.33 35.00 87.33
5 83.33 42.66 67.66 83.33
6 44.66 49.33 57.00 57.00
7 35.33 47.33 29.33 47.33
8 32.33 36.33 40.33 40.33

Women's Slopestyle results

Rank Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Score[21]
90.66 90.33 93.66 93.66
85.00 91.3336.33 91.33
39.66 14.00 89.3389.33
4 54.00 87.33 13.33 87.33
5 13.66 28.00 80.00 80.00
6 71.33 43.33 41.00 71.33
7 30.00 22.66 46.66 46.66
8 28.66 46.33 - 46.33

Women's SuperPipe results

Rank Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Score[22]
81.66 87.66 92.00 92.00
90.00 39.00 42.33 90.00
78.33 19.33 5.00 78.33
4 73.33 75.66 73.00 75.66
5 47.00 11.00 70.00 70.00
6 60.00 50.00 10.33 60.00
7 51.00 48.00 10.66 51.00
8 21.66 46.00 32.00 46.00

Men's SuperPipe results

Rank Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Score[23]
80.00 64.33 93.66 93.66
84.33 14.33 92.33 92.33
89.00 67.66 40.00 89.00
4 54.00 82.00 62.66 82.00
5 61.00 79.00 62.66 79.00
6 77.66 70.00 24.33 77.66
7 40.00 12.00 75.00 75.00
8 73.00 30.33 57.00 73.00

Snowmobiling

Speed & Style results

Rank Name Score[24]
90.62
83.00
84.33
4 50.01

Long Jump results

Rank Name Distance[25]
164'11"
160'5"
157'4"
4 143'9"
5 129'10"
6 92'1"

SnoCross Adaptive results

Rank Name Time[26]
6:25.099
6:31.947
6:47.128
4 6:51.886
5 6:58.689
6 6:59.594
7 6:59.822

SnoCross results

Rank Name Time[27]
14:41.084
15:01.747
15:08.593
4 15:30.703
5 14:50.457
6 14:55.196
7 14:58.989
8 15:12.930
9 15:25.487
10 16:39.999

HillCross results

Rank Name Time[28]
0:57.154
0:59.074
1:02.591
4 1:06.400
5 1:08.511
6 1:10.882

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: X Games '15 . https://archive.today/20150117133806/http://xgames.espn.go.com/events/2015/aspen/schedule/ . dead . January 17, 2015 . . 2015-01-10.
  2. Wallerson. Ryan. X Games Aspen 2015: McMorris doubles, Bowman repeats and more. Sports Illustrated. 27 January 2015.
  3. Web site: Strode. Dale. X Games: Mono skiing gold medalist breaks X Games record. Post Independent. 27 January 2015.
  4. News: Blevins. Jason. Kuarse. David. Tom Wallisch tops in slopestyle qualifying; Colten Moore wins for brother. The Denver Post. 27 January 2015.
  5. News: Kingston. Gary. Canada’s Kevin Hill wins X Games gold. The Vancouver Sun. 27 January 2015.
  6. Web site: Zaccardi. Nick. Lindsey Jacobellis wins ninth Winter X Games title. NBC Sports. 27 January 2015.
  7. News: Strode. Dale. Jacobellis, Hill take boardercross gold; Keith Gabel wins first Winter X Games Snowboard X Adaptive race. The Aspen Times. 27 January 2015.
  8. Web site: Mark McMorris takes slopestyle gold at X Games. CBC. 27 January 2015.
  9. News: Bragg. Beth. Cory Davis rides snowmachine to X Games silver, bronze. Alaska Dispatch News. 27 January 2015.
  10. Web site: Women's SuperPipe results . https://web.archive.org/web/20150123202807/http://xgames.espn.go.com/events/2015/aspen/results/400608543/women-ski-superpipe . dead . January 23, 2015 . . 2015-01-22.
  11. Web site: Men's SuperPipe results . https://web.archive.org/web/20150128032002/http://xgames.espn.go.com/events/2015/aspen/results/400608542/men-ski-superpipe . dead . January 28, 2015 . . 2015-01-25.
  12. Web site: Men's Big Air results . https://web.archive.org/web/20150129081652/http://xgames.espn.go.com/events/2015/aspen/results/400608546/ski-big-air . dead . January 29, 2015 . 2015-01-25.
  13. Web site: Men's SlopeStyle results . https://web.archive.org/web/20150126093824/http://xgames.espn.go.com/events/2015/aspen/results/400608545/men-ski-slopestyle . dead . January 26, 2015 . . 2015-01-25.
  14. Web site: Women's SlopeStyle results . https://web.archive.org/web/20150127113306/http://xgames.espn.go.com/events/2015/aspen/results/400608544/women-ski-slopestyle . dead . January 27, 2015 . . 2015-01-25.
  15. Web site: Men's Mono Skier X results . https://web.archive.org/web/20150128094145/http://xgames.espn.go.com/events/2015/aspen/results/400608556/mono-skier-x . dead . January 28, 2015 . . 2015-01-22.
  16. Web site: Men's snowboarder X results . https://web.archive.org/web/20150126173922/http://xgames.espn.go.com/events/2015/aspen/results/400608547/men-snowboarder-x. dead. January 26, 2015. . 2015-01-23.
  17. Web site: Women's snowboarder X results . https://web.archive.org/web/20150126093830/http://xgames.espn.go.com/events/2015/aspen/results/400608548/women-snowboarder-x . dead . January 26, 2015 . ESPN. 2015-01-23.
  18. Web site: Men's snowboarder X adaptive results . https://web.archive.org/web/20150126093841/http://xgames.espn.go.com/events/2015/aspen/results/400608554/snowboarder-x-adaptive . dead . January 26, 2015 . ESPN. 2015-01-23.
  19. Web site: Men's big air results . https://web.archive.org/web/20150127075106/http://xgames.espn.go.com/events/2015/aspen/results/400608553/snowboard-big-air. dead. January 27, 2015. . 2015-01-23.
  20. Web site: Men's slopestyle results . https://archive.today/20150126032258/http://xgames.espn.go.com/events/2015/aspen/results/400608551/men-snowboard-slopestyle . dead . January 26, 2015 . . 2015-01-25.
  21. Web site: Women's slopestyle results . https://web.archive.org/web/20150128094139/http://xgames.espn.go.com/events/2015/aspen/results/400608552/women-snowboard-slopestyle . dead . January 28, 2015 . . 2015-01-25.
  22. Web site: Women's SuperPipe results . https://web.archive.org/web/20150128094135/http://xgames.espn.go.com/events/2015/aspen/results/400608550/women-snowboard-superpipe . dead . January 28, 2015 . . 2015-01-25.
  23. Web site: Men's SuperPipe results . https://web.archive.org/web/20150123080053/http://xgames.espn.go.com/events/2015/aspen/results/400608549/men-snowboard-superpipe . dead . January 23, 2015 . . 2015-01-22.
  24. Web site: Speed & Style results . https://web.archive.org/web/20150127002020/http://xgames.espn.go.com/events/2015/aspen/results/400608539/speed-style . dead . January 27, 2015 . . 2015-01-22.
  25. Web site: Long Jump results . https://web.archive.org/web/20150129081642/http://xgames.espn.go.com/events/2015/aspen/results/400608540/snowmobile-long-jump . dead . January 29, 2015 . . 2015-01-22.
  26. Web site: SnoCross Adaptive results . https://web.archive.org/web/20150129081646/http://xgames.espn.go.com/events/2015/aspen/results/400608541/snocross-adaptive . dead . January 29, 2015 . . 2015-01-25.
  27. Web site: SnoCross results . https://web.archive.org/web/20150204211938/http://xgames.espn.go.com/events/2015/aspen/results/400608537/snocross . dead . February 4, 2015 . . 2015-01-25.
  28. Web site: HillCross results . https://web.archive.org/web/20150129092242/http://xgames.espn.go.com/events/2015/aspen/results/400608538/hillcross . dead . January 29, 2015 . . 2015-01-25.

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