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Aerials, Women

Date15 – 16 February 2018
StatusOlympic
LocationPhoenix Snow Park, Mountain Cluster, Bongpyeong
Participants25 from 9 countries
DetailsInrun Distance: 69.0 m
Inrun Gradient: 27°
Kicker #1: 4.00 m - 50° - 2.10 m
Kicker #2: 6.50 m - 65° - 3.70 m
Kicker #3: 6.50 m - 65° - 3.70 m
Kicker #4: 8.00 m - 70° - 4.20 m
Kicker #5: 8.00 m - 70° - 4.20 m
Landing Distance: 25.0 m
Landing Gradient: 38°
Start Elevation: ?
Table Distance: 20.0 m
Table Gradient: 0°
Vertical Drop: ?

Alla Tsuper of Belarus had competed at four editions of the Winter Olympic Games between 1998 and 2010 without reaching the podium before deciding to retire and start a family. She returned to the Games in 2014, however, and surprised spectators by taking home the gold medal. The reigning Olympic champion returned in 2018, becoming the only freestyle skier to compete in six editions of the Games and hoping to defend her title. Aerials are often, however, an unpredictable sport, and she faced many viable challengers in her quest for gold. The most consistent of these was probably China’s Xu Mengtao, the runner up in 2014 and the bronze medalist at the last two editions of the World Championships. Ashley Caldwell of the United States was the reigning World Champion, while Australia’s Laura Peel had taken the title in 2015.

The aerials’ unpredictability left Russia’s Aleksandra Orlova as the top qualifier, with Caldwell failing to make the final even after the second qualification round. Orlova’s closest competitor was the relatively unknown Anna Guskova of Belarus, while Xu rounded out the top three. Huskova’s first jump in the final proved that her placing was no fluke, as she came out significantly ahead of the other competitors to take the first round. Xu, who had been behind Huskova, came into the second round determined, but failed to execute her landing properly and was eliminated from the tournament, as was Orlova. Huskova also seemed shaky, however, finishing the round in fourth behind Kong Fanyu and Zhang Xin, both unheralded skiers from China, and Peel. In the end, however, Huskova pulled off the best performance of the finals that, while not flawless, was sufficient to earn her the gold medal and keep the Olympic title in her country’s possession. Her teammate Tsuper, however, attempted to finish with the same jump that had earned her gold four years earlier, but crashed on the landing and was out of the competition. Zhang also performed very well, but was edged out by Huskova and thus settled for silver, while Kong was able take bronze with a safe, but successful jump that placed her ahead of the more challenging, but failed executions of the remainder of the field.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCQualifying Round 1Qualifying Round 2Final Round 1Final Round 2Final Round 3
12Hanna HuskovaBLR100.45 (2)94.15 (1)85.05 (4)96.14 (1)Gold
229Zhang XinCHN90.24 (6)87.25 (6)94.11 (2)95.52 (2)Silver
312Kong FanyuCHN89.77 (7)95.17 (2)89.77 (4)97.29 (1)70.14 (3)Bronze
411Ala TsuperBLR77.90 (15)99.37 (1)90.82 (3)84.00 (5)59.94 (4)
57Laura PeelAUS64.86 (19)89.46 (3)85.05 (9)85.65 (3)55.34 (5)
617Madison OlsenUSA87.88 (9)80.04 (9)85.36 (8)83.23 (6)47.23 (6)
716Lyubov NikitinaROC88.83 (8)84.24 (6)85.68 (7)80.01 (7)
89Aleksandra OrlovaROC102.22 (1)89.28 (5)61.25 (8)
91Xu MengtaoCHN99.37 (3)91.00 (2)59.25 (9)
108Kiley McKinnonUSA72.26 (17)87.88 (4)80.95 (10)
113Kristina SpiridonovaROC97.64 (4)57.64 (11)
126Danielle ScottAUS93.76 (5)57.01 (12)
1322Zhanbota AldabergenovaKAZ81.07 (12)85.36 (5)
144Aliaksandra RamanauskayaBLR38.85 (24)83.65 (7)
1520Yan TingCHN80.95 (13)82.94 (8)
1619Olha PoliukUKR82.21 (10)55.50 (17)
1713Ashley CaldwellUSA81.81 (11)55.86 (16)
1827Marzhan AkzhigitKAZ79.17 (14)70.20 (11)
1918Catrine LavalléeCAN73.08 (16)71.34 (10)
205Lydia LassilaAUS66.27 (18)63.45 (12)
2110Alina GridnevaROC60.16 (20)60.98 (13)
2226Akmarzhan KalmurzayevaKAZ58.58 (21)47.32 (18)
2314Samantha WellsAUS54.28 (22)58.27 (14)
2428Ayana ZholdasKAZ51.01 (23)57.98 (15)
2530Kim Gyeong-EunKOR35.67 (25)44.20 (19)

Qualifying Round 1

Date15 February 2018 — 20:00
FormatTop 6 finishers advanced to final 1.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsJump CodeDegree of DifficultyJudge 1 Air ScoreJudge 2 Air Score
19Aleksandra OrlovaROC102.22bLFF3.8001.71.8
22Hanna HuskovaBLR100.45bLTF3.5001.92.0
31Xu MengtaoCHN99.37bFTF3.7502.01.9
43Kristina SpiridonovaROC97.64bdFF3.5251.92.0
56Danielle ScottAUS93.76bdFF3.5251.82.0
629Zhang XinCHN90.24bdFF3.5252.01.9
712Kong FanyuCHN89.77bFF3.1502.02.0
816Lyubov NikitinaROC88.83bdFF3.5251.71.9
917Madison OlsenUSA87.88bFF3.1501.61.8
1019Olha PoliukUKR82.21bFF3.1501.51.8
1113Ashley CaldwellUSA81.81bFFF4.0501.81.8
1222Zhanbota AldabergenovaKAZ81.07bdFF3.5251.71.9
1320Yan TingCHN80.95bFF3.1501.81.9
1427Marzhan AkzhigitKAZ79.17bLF2.9001.81.9
1511Ala TsuperBLR77.90bLFF3.8001.81.8
1618Catrine LavalléeCAN73.08bFF3.1501.71.8
178Kiley McKinnonUSA72.26bFdF3.5251.51.8
185Lydia LassilaAUS66.27bdFF3.5251.81.9
197Laura PeelAUS64.86bFdF3.5251.61.7
2010Alina GridnevaROC60.16bFF3.1501.61.6
2126Akmarzhan KalmurzayevaKAZ58.58bLF2.9001.82.0
2214Samantha WellsAUS54.28bFdF3.5251.61.6
2328Ayana ZholdasKAZ51.01bFT2.8501.61.7
244Aliaksandra RamanauskayaBLR38.85bLTF3.5000.91.0
2530Kim Gyeong-EunKOR35.67bL2.0501.61.6

Qualifying Round 2

Date15 February 2018 — 20:45
FormatTop 6 finishers advanced to final 1.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsJump CodeDegree of DifficultyJudge 1 Air ScoreJudge 2 Air Score
111Ala TsuperBLR99.37bFTF3.7501.81.9
212Kong FanyuCHN95.17bdFF3.5252.01.9
37Laura PeelAUS89.46bFF3.1501.82.0
48Kiley McKinnonUSA87.88bFF3.1501.91.9
522Zhanbota AldabergenovaKAZ85.36bFF3.1501.71.8
616Lyubov NikitinaROC84.24bFdF3.5251.71.8
74Aliaksandra RamanauskayaBLR83.65bLFT3.5001.61.9
820Yan TingCHN82.94bLF2.9002.02.0
917Madison OlsenUSA80.04bLF2.9001.62.0
1018Catrine LavalléeCAN71.34bLF2.9001.71.9
1127Marzhan AkzhigitKAZ70.20bLT2.6001.72.0
125Lydia LassilaAUS63.45bFdF3.5251.82.0
1310Alina GridnevaROC60.98bFdF3.5251.61.6
1414Samantha WellsAUS58.27bFF3.1501.51.9
1528Ayana ZholdasKAZ57.98bLT2.6001.71.8
1613Ashley CaldwellUSA55.86bLFF3.8001.31.3
1719Olha PoliukUKR55.50bFTF3.7501.31.7
1826Akmarzhan KalmurzayevaKAZ47.32bLP2.6001.61.7
1930Kim Gyeong-EunKOR44.20bT2.0001.61.6

Final Round 1

Date16 February 2018 — 20:00
FormatTop 6 finishers advanced to final 2.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsJump CodeDegree of DifficultyJudge 1 Air ScoreJudge 2 Air Score
12Hanna HuskovaBLR94.15bLTF3.5001.82.0Q
21Xu MengtaoCHN91.00bLTF3.5002.02.0Q
311Ala TsuperBLR90.82bLFF3.8001.81.7Q
412Kong FanyuCHN89.77bFF3.1502.02.0Q
59Aleksandra OrlovaROC89.28bLTT3.2001.91.9Q
629Zhang XinCHN87.25bFF3.1502.02.0Q
716Lyubov NikitinaROC85.68bFF3.1501.71.9Q
817Madison OlsenUSA85.36bFF3.1501.81.7Q
97Laura PeelAUS85.05bFF3.1501.51.5Q
108Kiley McKinnonUSA80.95bFF3.1501.71.8
113Kristina SpiridonovaROC57.64bFF3.1501.61.9
126Danielle ScottAUS57.01bFF3.1501.61.9

Final Round 2

Date16 February 2018 — 20:29
FormatTop 6 finishers advanced to final 3.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsJump CodeDegree of DifficultyJudge 1 Air ScoreJudge 2 Air Score
112Kong FanyuCHN97.29bdFF3.5251.81.8Q
229Zhang XinCHN94.11bdFF3.5252.01.9Q
37Laura PeelAUS85.65bFdF3.5251.41.2Q
42Hanna HuskovaBLR85.05bLFT3.5001.72.0Q
511Ala TsuperBLR84.00bFTF3.7501.71.7Q
617Madison OlsenUSA83.23bLF2.9001.91.9Q
716Lyubov NikitinaROC80.01bFdF3.5251.62.0
89Aleksandra OrlovaROC61.25bLFT3.5001.51.8
91Xu MengtaoCHN59.25bFTF3.7501.81.5

Final Round 3

Date16 February 2018 — 20:52
PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsJump CodeDegree of DifficultyJudge 1 Air ScoreJudge 2 Air Score
12Hanna HuskovaBLR96.14bLFF3.8001.71.9
229Zhang XinCHN95.52bFdF3.5252.01.8
312Kong FanyuCHN70.14bFdF3.5251.81.8
411Ala TsuperBLR59.94bFFF4.0501.61.4
57Laura PeelAUS55.34bdFF3.5251.41.6
617Madison OlsenUSA47.23bFdF3.5251.51.3