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Big Air, Men

Date7 – 9 February 2022
StatusOlympic
LocationBig Air Shougang, Shijingshan District, Beijing
Participants31 from 13 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 2017, the World Championships in 2019, and the Olympics in 2022. Switzerland’s Fabian Bösch and Sweden’s Oliwer Magnusson, the 2019 and 2021 World Champions respectively, were both veterans of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic slopestyle event, with Bösch having also competed in 2014. Czech-born Austrian skier Matěj Švancer had won big air at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, as well as the two times that it had been held at the World Cup in the past season.

The qualifying round did not go as expected, as both Bösch and Švancer experienced difficulties that prevented them from reaching the final. The top scorer was Birk Ruud of Norway, the 2016 Youth Winter Olympic slopestyle champion and 2019 World runner-up. Magnusson was third and in-between was Alex Hall of the United States, who had a silver medal in slopestyle from the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics and bronze from the most recent World Championships.

Ruud set the bar high in the first run of the final, scoring the highest total in the entire event. This put pressure on the other competitors, many of whom suffered trying to catch up to Ruud. With a high score in the second round, however, he was essentially unbeatable and skied his third run with the Norwegian flag as a victory lap. Nearly every other skier had good runs and bad ones but, when the snow settled and the points were added up, silver and bronze went to Colby Stevenson of the United States and Henrik Harlaut of Sweden respectively. Stevenson was the 2021 World runner-up in slopestyle, while Harlaut had made his name at the Winter X Games, while also being big air World runner-up in 2019. An additional merit of note came from Leonardo Donaggio, who finished in fifth, the best-ever Olympic finish for an Italian freestyle skier.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCQualifyingFinal
1Birk RuudNOR187.75 (1)187.75 (1)Gold
2Colby StevensonUSA174.25 (5)183.00 (2)Silver
3Henrik HarlautSWE176.50 (4)181.00 (3)Bronze
4Oliwer MagnussonSWE177.25 (3)178.25 (4)
5Leonardo DonaggioITA170.50 (10)172.00 (5)
6Javier LlisoESP170.75 (9)171.50 (6)
7Jesper TjäderSWE170.00 (12)170.25 (7)
8Alex HallUSA180.25 (2)160.75 (8)
9Evan McEachranCAN170.25 (11)115.50 (9)
10Christian NummedalNOR171.50 (6)110.50 (10)
11Mac ForehandUSA171.00 (8)80.25 (11)
12Tormod FrostadNOR171.25 (7)58.50 (12)
13Édouard TherriaultCAN168.00 (13)
14Andri RagettliSUI167.75 (14)
15Antoine AdelisseFRA163.25 (15)
16Ben BarclayNZL162.75 (16)
17Fabian BöschSUI161.75 (17)
18Finn BilousNZL155.75 (18)
19Ferdinand DahlNOR150.00 (19)
20Max MoffattCAN147.00 (20)
21Daniel BacherAUT144.00 (21)
22Nick GoepperUSA127.75 (22)
23Kim GubserSUI121.25 (23)
24Hugo BurvallSWE101.25 (24)
25Colin WiliSUI98.25 (25)
26Matěj ŠvancerAUT89.50 (26)
27He JinboCHN85.75 (27)
28Thibault MagninESP79.75 (28)
29Simo PeltolaFIN72.00 (29)
30James WoodsGBR59.75 (30)
31Teal HarleCAN46.75 (31)

Qualifying Round

Date7 February 2022 — 13:30
FormatTop 12 finishers advanced to final round. Qualifying score consists of best score of 2 runs.
Judge #1Ian MeaderUSA
Judge #2Chiho TakaoJPN
Judge #3Adam FrisellSWE
Judge #4Charly RoyerFRA
Judge #5Vegard OyeNOR
Judge #6Philippe LaroseCAN
PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsRun #1Run #2Run #3
1Birk RuudNOR187.7594.50 (1)50.50 (22)93.25 (1)Q
2Alex HallUSA180.2587.00 (9)90.75 (3)89.50 (2)Q
3Oliwer MagnussonSWE177.2588.00 (8)89.25 (5)84.00 (5)Q
4Henrik HarlautSWE176.5093.00 (2)83.50 (7)42.00 (=20)Q
5Colby StevensonUSA174.2583.75 (10)90.50 (4)56.00 (17)Q
6Christian NummedalNOR171.5092.25 (3)77.25 (14)79.25 (10)Q
7Tormod FrostadNOR171.2590.00 (6)81.25 (8)42.00 (=20)Q
8Mac ForehandUSA171.0077.75 (18)92.00 (1)79.00 (11)Q
9Javier LlisoESP170.7590.25 (=4)80.50 (10)79.50 (9)Q
10Leonardo DonaggioITA170.5090.25 (=4)70.25 (16)80.25 (8)Q
11Evan McEachranCAN170.2581.75 (13)88.50 (6)39.75 (23)Q
12Jesper TjäderSWE170.0034.75 (27)91.75 (2)78.25 (12)Q
13Édouard TherriaultCAN168.0083.50 (11)42.00 (24)84.50 (=3)
14Andri RagettliSUI167.7589.75 (7)78.00 (13)20.75 (=29)
15Antoine AdelisseFRA163.2579.50 (16)66.00 (18)83.75 (6)
16Ben BarclayNZL162.7581.00 (=14)78.25 (12)84.50 (=3)
17Fabian BöschSUI161.7581.00 (=14)80.75 (9)22.50 (27)
18Finn BilousNZL155.7573.75 (21)68.75 (17)82.00 (7)
19Ferdinand DahlNOR150.0012.00 (31)72.50 (15)77.50 (13)
20Max MoffattCAN147.0083.00 (12)64.00 (19)61.00 (16)
21Daniel BacherAUT144.0075.00 (20)56.75 (20)69.00 (15)
22Nick GoepperUSA127.7578.25 (17)49.50 (23)21.75 (28)
23Kim GubserSUI121.2515.25 (30)79.75 (11)41.50 (22)
24Hugo BurvallSWE101.2547.25 (24)55.25 (21)46.00 (19)
25Colin WiliSUI98.2577.50 (19)18.75 (31)20.75 (=29)
26Matěj ŠvancerAUT89.5061.75 (22)27.75 (27)25.50 (26)
27He JinboCHN85.7545.25 (25)36.75 (26)49.00 (18)
28Thibault MagninESP79.7541.25 (26)21.75 (30)38.50 (24)
29Simo PeltolaFIN72.0049.75 (23)41.75 (25)72.00 (14)
30James WoodsGBR59.7527.50 (28)26.50 (28)32.25 (25)
31Teal HarleCAN46.7526.50 (29)24.25 (29)20.25 (31)

Final Round

Date9 February 2022 — 11:00
FormatScore consists of best score of 2 runs.
Judge #1Ian MeaderUSA
Judge #2Chiho TakaoJPN
Judge #3Adam FrisellSWE
Judge #4Charly RoyerFRA
Judge #5Vegard OyeNOR
Judge #6Philippe LaroseCAN
PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsRun #1Run #2Run #3
1Birk RuudNOR187.7595.75 (1)95.75 (1)69.00 (6)
2Colby StevensonUSA183.0034.75 (10)91.75 (4)91.25 (2)
3Henrik HarlautSWE181.0086.00 (5)90.00 (5)91.00 (3)
4Oliwer MagnussonSWE178.2587.50 (4)79.00 (8)90.75 (4)
5Leonardo DonaggioITA172.0091.00 (3)81.00 (7)17.25 (11)
6Javier LlisoESP171.5051.25 (9)89.00 (6)82.50 (5)
7Jesper TjäderSWE170.2577.25 (6)78.25 (9)92.00 (1)
8Alex HallUSA160.7568.25 (7)92.50 (3)27.00 (9)
9Evan McEachranCAN115.5093.00 (2)22.50 (10)11.50 (12)
10Christian NummedalNOR110.5026.00 (11)93.00 (2)17.50 (10)
11Mac ForehandUSA80.2560.75 (8)19.50 (11)42.00 (7)
12Tormod FrostadNOR58.5025.50 (12)14.00 (12)33.00 (8)