Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's slopestyle explained

Event:	Women's slopestyle
Games:	2014 Winter
Venue:	Rosa Khutor Extreme Park
Date:	6 February 2014 (qualification) 9 February 2014 (semi-finals & final)
Competitors:	23
Nations:	11
Gold:	Jamie Anderson
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Enni Rukajärvi
Silvernoc:	FIN
Bronze:	Jenny Jones
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Win Value:	95.25
Win Label:	Winning score
Next:	2018

The women's slopestyle competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on 6 February (qualification) and 9 February (semi-finals and final).^[1] This was the first time that a slopestyle event was included in the Olympic program.^[2]

Jamie Anderson of the United States became the first Olympic champion. Enni Rukajärvi from Finland took the silver, and Jenny Jones from Great Britain won the bronze medal.

Qualification

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics – 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.^[3]

Slovenia's Cilka Sadar also earned a spot to compete, but did not compete due to an injury occurring just days before the competition,^[4] leaving a total of 23 athletes from 11 nations.

Schedule

All times are (UTC+4).

Date	Time	Round
6 February	14:00	Qualification
9 February	10:30	Semi-finals
9 February	13:15	Final

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:^[5]

QF – Qualified directly for the Final

QS – Qualified for the Semi-final

Bib – Bib number

DNS – Did Not Start

Tie – Tie breaking points

Rank	Heat	Bib	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Notes
1	1	5	82.50	87.50	87.50	QF
2	1	11	85.25	80.00	85.25	QF
3	1	4	82.75	65.00	82.75	QF
4	1	8	79.00	23.75	79.00	QF
5	1	1	74.25	21.75	74.25	QS
6	1	10	70.75	33.75	70.75	QS
7	1	6	67.50	70.50	70.50	QS
8	1	9	59.75	34.25	59.75	QS
9	1	3	58.25	36.50	58.25	QS
10	1	7	44.50	39.00	44.50	QS
11	1	12	18.00	30.75	30.75	QS
12	1	2	12.50	17.75	17.75	QS
1	2	14	89.50	95.50	95.50	QF
2	2	18	93.50	DNS	93.50	QF
3	2	20	86.25	38.00	86.25	QF
4	2	22	45.00	84.75	84.75	QF
5	2	17	77.75	33.75	77.75	QS
6	2	16	60.25	51.50	60.25	QS
7	2	23	34.00	58.50	58.50	QS
8	2	15	31.00	39.00	39.00	QS
9	2	19	18.00	31.25	31.25	QS
10	2	21	17.00	DNS	17.00	QS
11	2	13	1.00	DNS	1.00	QS

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.

Rank	Bib	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Notes
1	17	90.50	22.50	90.50	QF
2	3	84.25	81.50	84.25	QF
3	1	82.25	83.25	83.25	QF
4	15	16.75	78.75	78.75	QF
5	23	72.00	50.50	72.00
6	13	66.00	43.75	66.00
7	12	63.25	33.75	63.25
8	9	18.25	60.25	60.25
9	7	33.75	37.50	37.50
10	10	27.25	32.50	32.50
11	16	32.25	10.50	32.25
12	19	30.75	14.75	30.75
	6				DNS
	2				DNS
	21				DNS

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. They both fell and were left out of the medals.^[6] ^[7]

Rank	Bib	Run 1	Run 2	Best
	18	80.75	95.25	95.25
	8	73.75	92.50	92.50
	1	73.00	87.25	87.25
	3	77.25	87.00	87.00
	17	86.25	20.00	86.25
	22	39.00	75.00	75.00
	11	64.75	66.25	66.25
	5	58.50	15.25	58.50
	20	24.50	54.50	54.50
10	14	49.00	51.75	51.75
11	15	49.50	32.00	49.50
12	4	30.00	35.00	35.00

External links

2014 Winter Olympics results: Women's Slopestyle

Notes and References

Web site: Snowboarding Schedule and Results. SOOC. 13 January 2014. 24 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140724234650/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/snowboard-schedule-and-results. dead.
News: Sochi 2014: Younger, hipper Olympics to feature slew of new events . Gillespie . Kerry. 30 October 2013 . . 31 December 2013.
Web site: Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 . December 2011 . . 20 January 2014.
Web site: Cilka Sadar zaradi poškodbe ob olimpijski nastop :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija . Rtvslo.si . 31 January 2014 . 9 February 2014.
Web site: Snowboard Ladies' Slopestyle Qualification Results . 6 February 2014 . www.fis-ski.com . . 6 February 2014.
http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2014/SB/7010/7010RLR0.pdf
Web site: Sochi 2014: Winter Olympics day two – as it happened . 9 February 2014 . . 9 February 2014.