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Big Air, Women

Date7 – 8 February 2022
StatusOlympic
LocationBig Air Shougang, Shijingshan District, Beijing
Participants25 from 15 countries
DetailsCourse Name: Big Air Shougang
In-Run Length: 85 m
In-Run Pitch: 30°
Jump Height: 5 m
Landing Pitch: 38°
Take-off to Knoll: 20 m

The women’s big air freestyle skiing event was a relatively new one on the international scene, having made its début in the World Cup in 2016, the World Championships in 2019, and the Olympics in 2022. France’s Tess Ledeux and Russia’s Anastasiya Tatalina, the 2019 and 2021 World Champions respectively, were both veterans of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics’ slopestyle event, with Ledeux also having won one of the two big air events held in the most recent World Cup season, among other distinctions. The other was won by American-born Chinese skier Eileen Gu, who had numerous medals to her name, including gold in this event from the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics. She was also the most recent World Champion in halfpipe and slopestyle, but had come in third in big air.

The qualifying round was led by Canadian Megan Oldham, who had been fourth in the most recent World Championships and taken bronze in the slopestyle. She was also runner-up behind Ledeux in big air at the 2022 Winter X Games, held at the end of January. In Beijing, Ledeux qualified in second, with Tatlina third, Norway’s Sandra Eie fourth, and Gu fifth. Eie would have disastrous first and second runs in the final, putting her out of contention for a medal.

Ledeux came out on top in the first round of the final, with Gu not far behind and Britain’s Kirsty Muir, the runner-up at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, in third. In the second run, Switzerland’s Mathilde Gremaud, the 2017, 2019, and 2021 Winter X Games champion, had a slightly better run than Ledeux, with Oldham further back in third. Gu’s second run went well, but in her third she pulled off a left double cork 1620 jump – which she had never performed in competition – and landed it successfully to match Ledeux’s score from the first round.

With Ledeux’s second-best score being lower than Gu’s, Gu became the youngest Chinese Winter Olympic champion, while France would have to settle for silver. Gremaud’s third run was unsuccessful, but Oldham was unable able to make up the difference in points, giving Switzerland bronze. Muir’s poor second and third runs left her in fifth, while Tatalina did not have a good final at all, ultimately placing tenth.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCQualifyingFinal
1Eileen GuCHN161.25 (5)93.75 (1)Gold
2Tess LedeuxFRA171.00 (2)94.50 (2)Silver
3Mathilde GremaudSUI159.25 (6)89.25 (3)Bronze
4Megan OldhamCAN171.25 (1)85.00 (4)
5Kirsty MuirGBR157.50 (7)90.25 (5)
6Sarah HöfflinSUI149.50 (9)82.50 (6)
7Johanne KilliNOR148.25 (10)87.75 (7)
8Olivia AsselinCAN147.75 (11)62.00 (8)
9Anni KäräväFIN144.50 (12)81.00 (9)
10Anastasiya TatalinaROC163.25 (3)75.50 (10)
11Darian StevensUSA152.00 (8)56.75 (11)
12Sandra EieNOR162.00 (4)17.00 (12)
13Katie SummerhayesGBR136.50 (13)
14Marin HamillUSA132.25 (14)
15Maggie VoisinUSA128.00 (15)
16Dominique OhacoCHI126.50 (16)
17Kelly SildaruEST125.50 (17)
18Alia EichingerGER115.75 (18)
19Kseniya OrlovaROC114.75 (19)
20Yang ShuoruiCHN96.00 (20)
21Lara WolfAUT91.50 (21)
22Margaux HackettNZL74.75 (22)
23Laura WallnerAUT68.50 (23)
24Caroline ClaireUSA20.00 (24)
25Silvia BertagnaITA17.00 (25)
DNSElena GaskellCAN– (DNS)

Qualifying Round

Date7 February 2022 — 9:30
FormatFirst twelve advanced to final.
Judge #1Ian MeaderUSA
Judge #2Chiho TakaoJPN
Judge #3Adam FrisellSWE
Judge #4Charly RoyerFRA
Judge #5Vegard OyeNOR
Judge #6Philippe LaroseCAN
PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsRun #1Run #2Run #3
1Megan OldhamCAN171.2580.00 (9)91.25 (1)8.25 (23)Q
2Tess LedeuxFRA171.0090.50 (1)80.50 (5)20.00 (19)Q
3Anastasiya TatalinaROC163.2568.75 (11)89.75 (2)73.50 (2)Q
4Sandra EieNOR162.0077.50 (10)76.25 (6)84.50 (1)Q
5Eileen GuCHN161.2589.00 (3)24.50 (19)72.25 (3)Q
6Mathilde GremaudSUI159.2588.25 (4)71.00 (7)33.75 (17)Q
7Kirsty MuirGBR157.5089.25 (2)67.00 (9)68.25 (4)Q
8Darian StevensUSA152.0084.75 (7)10.00 (23)67.25 (=6)Q
9Sarah HöfflinSUI149.5085.50 (6)42.75 (16)64.00 (11)Q
10Johanne KilliNOR148.2587.50 (5)60.75 (12)58.25 (13)Q
11Olivia AsselinCAN147.7560.75 (14)87.00 (3)16.00 (20)Q
12Anni KäräväFIN144.5082.50 (8)52.50 (15)62.00 (12)Q
13Katie SummerhayesGBR136.5063.75 (12)69.25 (8)67.25 (=6)
14Marin HamillUSA132.2561.50 (13)66.00 (10)66.25 (=8)
15Maggie VoisinUSA128.0016.25 (24)60.00 (13)68.00 (5)
16Dominique OhacoCHI126.5060.25 (15)11.25 (22)66.25 (=8)
17Kelly SildaruEST125.5040.25 (19)85.25 (4)28.00 (18)
18Alia EichingerGER115.7551.00 (18)64.75 (11)39.00 (16)
19Kseniya OrlovaROC114.7560.00 (16)54.75 (14)9.25 (21)
20Yang ShuoruiCHN96.0038.25 (20)40.50 (17)55.50 (14)
21Lara WolfAUT91.5025.25 (21)36.25 (18)55.25 (15)
22Margaux HackettNZL74.759.75 (25)9.00 (=24)65.00 (10)
23Laura WallnerAUT68.5059.50 (17)9.00 (=24)9.00 (22)
24Caroline ClaireUSA20.0020.00 (22)17.25 (20)– (DNS)
25Silvia BertagnaITA17.0017.00 (23)16.75 (21)– (DNS)
DNSElena GaskellCAN– (DNS)– (DNS)– (DNS)

Final Round

Date8 February 2022 — 10:00
Judge #1Ian MeaderUSA
Judge #2Chiho TakaoJPN
Judge #3Adam FrisellSWE
Judge #4Charly RoyerFRA
Judge #5Vegard OyeNOR
Judge #6Philippe LaroseCAN
PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsRun #1Run #2Run #3
1Eileen GuCHN93.7593.75 (2)88.50 (4)94.50 (1)
2Tess LedeuxFRA94.5094.50 (1)93.00 (2)73.50 (6)
3Mathilde GremaudSUI89.2589.25 (4)93.25 (1)26.00 (10)
4Megan OldhamCAN85.0085.00 (6)89.25 (3)88.75 (2)
5Kirsty MuirGBR90.2590.25 (3)78.75 (5)15.50 (12)
6Sarah HöfflinSUI82.5082.50 (7)53.00 (9)76.25 (5)
7Johanne KilliNOR87.7587.75 (5)58.50 (7)65.50 (7)
8Olivia AsselinCAN62.0062.00 (10)60.25 (6)85.50 (3)
9Anni KäräväFIN81.0081.00 (8)54.00 (8)82.50 (4)
10Anastasiya TatalinaROC75.5075.50 (9)22.25 (11)47.00 (9)
11Darian StevensUSA56.7556.75 (11)50.75 (10)18.25 (11)
12Sandra EieNOR17.0017.00 (12)19.00 (12)64.50 (8)