Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's aerials

The women's aerials event in freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia took place 14 February 2014.

The gold medal was won by Alla Tsuper, Belarus, the silver medal by Xu Mengtao, China and the bronze medal was won by Lydia Lassila, Australia.

Qualification

An athlete had to 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 80 FIS points. A total of 25 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 4 athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee.

After the quotas were awarded and reallocated only 22 out of 25 quota spots were distributed.

Results

Qualification 1 The qualification 1 was held at 17:45.Qualification 1 Results

Rank Bib Name Country Score Note 1 8 Ashley Caldwell 101.25 Q 2 1 Li Nina 86.71 Q 3 6 Danielle Scott 85.36 Q 4 5 Cheng Shuang 83.19 Q 5 7 Emily Cook 80.01 Q 6 17 Assoli Slivets 78.40 Q 7 12 Samantha Wells 78.12 8 20 Aleksandra Orlova 76.27 9 19 Zhanbota Aldabergenova 74.82 10 16 Veronika Korsunova 72.50 11 3 Xu Mengtao 71.44 12 24 Olga Polyuk 70.76 13 9 Laura Peel 67.68 14 13 Alla Tsuper 66.15 15 4 Lydia Lassila 66.12 16 28 Zhibek Arapbayeva 63.44 17 2 Zhang Xin 60.98 18 21 Anastasiya Novosad 56.84 19 26 Nadiya Mokhnatska 52.44 20 30 Joselane Santos 49.60 21 18 Tanja Schaerer 48.72 22 27 Hanna Huskova 44.08 29 Nadiya Didenko DNS

Qualification 2 The qualification 2 was held at 18:30.Qualification 2 Results

Rank Bib Name Country Score Note 1 4 Lydia Lassila 90.65 Q 2 3 Xu Mengtao 87.15 Q 3 9 Laura Peel 85.99 Q 4 16 Veronika Korsunova 81.58 Q 5 19 Zhanbota Aldabergenova 78.12 Q 6 13 Alla Tsuper 77.52 Q 7 2 Zhang Xin 77.49 8 18 Tanja Schaerer 77.17 9 24 Olga Polyuk 74.97 10 21 Anastasiya Novosad 74.34 11 26 Nadiya Mokhnatska 69.31 12 12 Samantha Wells 67.13 13 28 Zhibek Arapbayeva 58.87 14 20 Aleksandra Orlova 55.75 15 27 Hanna Huskova 52.60 16 30 Joselane Santos 48.17 29 Nadiya Didenko DNS

Finals The finals were started at 21:30.Final Results

Rank Bib Name Country Round 1 Rank Round 2 Rank Round 3 Rank 13 Alla Tsuper 99.18 1 88.50 4 98.01 1 3 Xu Mengtao 90.65 3 101.08 1 83.50 2 4 Lydia Lassila 95.76 2 99.22 2 72.12 3 1 Li Nina 90.24 4 89.53 3 46.02 4 5 Cheng Shuang 80.01 7 87.42 5 did not advance 19 Zhanbota Aldabergenova 76.23 8 68.44 6 did not advance 9 Laura Peel 83.79 5 64.50 7 did not advance 7 Emily Cook 82.21 6 64.50 8 did not advance 6 Danielle Scott 76.23 9 did not advance 10 8 Ashley Caldwell 72.80 10 did not advance 11 16 Veronika Korsunova 68.35 11 did not advance 12 17 Assoli Slivets 62.30 12 did not advance

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