Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics
In the XXI. 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver were held six competitions in freestyle skiing.
All events took place in the winter sports resort Cypress Mountain, which is located above the town of West Vancouver, the North Shore Mountains and about thirty minutes away by car from downtown Vancouver instead.
New two ski cross competitions were conducted.
- 2.1 Moguls ( moguls )
- 2.2 ski cross
- 2.3 Aerials ( jumping)
Moguls ( moguls )
Date: February 14, 2010 Olympic champion 2006: Australia OFF I Dale Begg -Smith
Ski Cross
Date: February 21, 2010
Aerials ( jumping)
Date: February 22, 2010 (qualification ) 25 February, 2010 (Finale ) Olympic champion 2006: People's Republic of China CHN I Han Xiaopeng
Women
Moguls ( moguls )
Date: February 13, 2010 - 16:30 Qualifying Clock (1:30 clock CET) - Final 19:30 clock (4:30 clock CET) 2006 Olympic gold medalist: Canada CAN I Jennifer Heil
For the first freestyle skiing competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics were 27 athletes at from twelve countries. The largest contingents presented Japan, Russia and the United States, each with four starters. To favorites also still included the Canadians who, among other things Jennifer Heil, the reigning Olympic champion from 2006, aufboten. On healing as one of the top favorites was a lot of peer pressure, which was upheld by the Canadian media. There, in particular, highlighted the fact that so far no Canadian had won at the Olympic Games in their own country (1976 in Montreal and 1988 in Calgary ) an Olympic gold medal. Even salvation coach counting his athlete among the favorites and said: The athlete himself explained, she would do anything to deal with the pressure, " It is through off phenomenal the whole of January and I think she's very, very good chance. " without these Olympics would not be the Olympics.
In qualifying for the actual competition, were eliminated in seven participants confirmed especially North Americans their role as favorites. On the muddy continuous rain slope at Cypress Mountain, the US-American Hannah Kearney won due to the faster time and rated by the jury as better posture while skiing before its Canadian rival salvation. Besides these two factors also completed the two during the race jumps played a role, there was healing recorded a higher score. Kearney, who was still failed at the last Olympics in qualifying, was not completely satisfied with her performance: "I felt that I was very fast, but the helicopter jump I have made a small mistake when I bent my knee have. " Both the U.S. citizen and salvation had no problems with the external conditions. While salvation said she had become accustomed Kearney even saw the advantage that the track will more quickly through the freezing moisture. Behind these two favorites of five other Americans were placed in the top ten, three from the United States and two from Canada. The best athlete that did not come from America, Japan's Aiko Uemura was in fifth. Margarita Marbler, only Austrian in the field, managed in eighth significantly to the finals. For this had the qualification - with the exception of the boot sequence as the reverse order of the standings - no meaning; all starters began with the same score.
The finale was opened at 19:30 local time clock before 12,000 spectators of three directly consecutive Russians. This later played at the medal ceremony, however, have no bearing on how the other athletes who started in the first half of the final. First runner who later placed among the top five was the Chloé Dufour - Lapointe Canadian. The 18 -year-old got especially in the jumps good attitude scores and eventually finished fifth. Immediately after you launched the Austrian Margarita Marbler which preceded medal chances had initially estimated. After she had shown, however, only security jumps as in qualifying and showed weaknesses at the first jump, they lined up one rank behind Dufour - Lapointe an ultimately on the sixth. Marbler expressed disappointment: "This is a competition in which only count the top three. My dream has not come true. "Before the final victory contenders took to the runway, the US-American Shannon Bahrke took the lead with a successful run. Bahrke won the bronze medal at the end, after she had become 2006 Second in Turin. As the third best runner from the qualification Heather McPhie started immediately before the Favoritenduo salvation and Kearney. McPhie put up shortly after her second jump a good run out, then crashed however, as two American women with medal chances in front of her and dropped back to 18th place.
Of the two favorites of Jennifer Heil had to complete the first run its course as a qualification in second. Salvation showed the best performance so far and took over the lead with 0.26 points ahead of Shannon Bahrke. When the Canadian had reached the target and its interim peak position was shown, the audience broke out cheering. Later, the athlete stressed that it would have been so, as if it were " standing on the shoulders of all Canadians "; at the awards ceremony, she thanked her followers. To win, her performance was not enough yet, because Hannah Kearney was the last starter in all three rating areas, the athlete with the highest scores. Before her race she had so Kearney itself, the loud applause at salvation belongs rating, and knew that she must run as if it was about her life. Their victory was significantly, with nearly a full point lead. After Donna Weinbrecht 1992 Kearney was the second U.S. Olympic champion in this discipline and the first at the Games in Vancouver. Together with her teammate and bronze medalist Shannon Bahrke they celebrated the finish with the flag of the United States, while salvation reactions were rather disappointed: " Of course I wanted gold, that's no secret. " However, training would cost so much work that the color of the medal ultimately matter was.
Ski Cross
Date: February 23, 2010
Aerials ( jumping)
Date: February 20, 2010 (qualification ) 24 February, 2010 (Finale ) 2006 Olympic gold medalist: Switzerland SUI I Evelyne Leu