Freestyle Skiing 2018/Women's ski cross

Women's ski cross
General information
Sport	Freestyle Skiing 2018
Date	22 February 2018
Competitors	24 athletes
Venue	Phoenix Snow Park
Previous medalists
Gold	Marielle Thompson
Silver	Kelsey Serwa
Bronze	Anna Holmlund
Conditions
Temperature	-7°C / 19.4°F
Length	1370 metres
Height	240 metres
Forerunners
Forerunner	Ian Deans Canada
Forerunner	Mathieu Leduc Canada
Forerunner	Reece Howden Canada
Forerunner	Trent McCarthy Canada
Forerunner	Kristofor Mahler Canada
Medalists
	Kelsey Serwa
	Brittany Phelan
	Fanny Smith

The women's ski cross of Freestyle Skiing 2018 during the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 22 February 2018 in the Phoenix Snow Park. With 24 athletes competing, the event was won by Kelsey Serwa from Canada, with Brittany Phelan from Canada taking the silver medal and Fanny Smith from Switzerland taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of a single course of 1370 metres. The competition consists of five different phases, with all competitors setting a time in the qualification. All athletes advance to the eighth finals, with the quarterfinals, semifinals, and final all head-to-head races between three or four athletes, with the first two advancing to the next round. The athlete with the fastest time in the final is the winner of the event.

Preview

Twenty-four athletes qualified for the event with a wide open field and plenty of action. Sandra Naeslund was the top seed, with Fanny Smith and defending Olympic champion Marielle Thompson following her. Canada had been very strong in recent years, with the silver medalist of Sochi Kelsey Serwa, Brittany Phelan, and India Sherret within the top 15 of the World Cup. France also had two skiers in the top few, with Marielle Berger Sabbatel and Alizee Baron. Other outsiders included Lisa Andersson and Sami Kennedy-Sim.

Summary

Qualification

Qualification Results
Rank	Nat.	Name	Time
1		Marielle Thompson	1:13.11
2		Kelsey Serwa	1:13.33
3		Brittany Phelan	1:13.56
4		Sandra Naeslund	1:13.58
5		Fanny Smith	1:13.90
6		Alizee Baron	1:14.11
7		Katrin Ofner	1:14.30
8		Andrea Limbacher	1:14.71
9		Sami Kennedy-Sim	1:14.97
10		Sanna Luedi	1:15.13
11		India Sherret	1:15.48
12		Marielle Berger Sabbatel	1:15.60
13		Nikol Kucerova	1:15.61
14		Debora Pixner	1:15:72
15		Anastasiia Chirtcova	1:15:83
16		Talina Gantenbein	1:15.97
17		Lisa Andersson	1:16.15
18		Stephanie Joffroy	1:16.70
19		Victoria Zavadovskaya	1:16.80
20		Julia Eichinger	1:17.56
21		Reina Umehara	1:17.81
22		Emily Sarsfield	1:18.25
23		Priscillia Annen	2:30.03
24		Lucrezia Fantelli	DNS

Eighth finals

Eighth final 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Info
1		Lisa Andersson	Q
2		Talina Gantenbein	Q
3		Marielle Thompson

Eighth final 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Info
1		Andrea Limbacher	Q
2		Sami Kennedy-Sim	Q
3		Lucrezia Fantelli	DNS

Eighth final 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Info
1		Fanny Smith	Q
2		Marielle Berger Sabbatel	Q
3		Reina Umehara

Eighth final 4 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Info
1		Sandra Naeslund	Q
2		Nikol Kucerova	Q
3		Julia Eichinger

Eighth final 5 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Info
1		Brittany Phelan	Q
2		Debora Pixner	Q
3		Victoria Zavadovskaya

Eighth final 6 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Info
1		Alizee Baron	Q
2		Emily Sarsfield	Q
3		India Sherret	DNF

Eighth final 7 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Info
1		Katrin Ofner	Q
2		Sanna Luedi	Q
3		Priscillia Annen

Eighth final 8 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Info
1		Kelsey Serwa	Q
2		Anastasiia Chirtcova	Q
3		Stephanie Joffroy

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Info
1		Sami Kennedy-Sim	Q
2		Lisa Andersson	Q
3		Talina Gantenbein
4		Andrea Limbacher	DNF

Quarterfinal 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Info
1		Fanny Smith	Q
2		Sandra Naeslund	Q
3		Marielle Berger Sabbatel
4		Nikol Kucerova

Quarterfinal 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Info
1		Brittany Phelan	Q
2		Aizee Baron	Q
3		Debora Pixner
4		Emily Sarsfield

Quarterfinal 4 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Info
1		Kelsey Serwa	Q
2		Sanna Luedi	Q
3		Katrin Ofner
4		Anastasiia Chirtcova	DNF

Semifinals

Semifinal 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Info
1		Sandra Naeslund	Q
2		Fanny Smith	Q
3		Sami Kennedy-Sim
4		Lisa Andersson

Semifinal 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Info
1		Brittany Phelan	Q
2		Kelsey Serwa	Q
3		Sanna Luedi
4		Alizee Baron

Finals

Big Final

Big Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Info
1		Kelsey Serwa
2		Brittany Phelan
3		Fanny Smith
4		Sandra Naeslund

Small Final

Small Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Info
1		Alizee Baron
2		Lisa Andersson
3		Sanna Luedi
4		Sami Kennedy-Sim

Results

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Kelsey Serwa	Canada
	Brittany Phelan	Canada
	Fanny Smith	Switzerland
4	Sandra Naeslund	Sweden
5	Alizee Baron	France
6	Lisa Andersson	Sweden
7	Sanna Luedi	Switzerland
8	Sami Kennedy-Sim	Australia
9	Katrin Ofner	Austria
10	Marielle Berger Sabbatel	France
11	Debora Pixner	Italy
12	Talina Gantenbein	Switzerland
13	Andrea Limbacher	Austria
14	Nikol Kucerova	Czech Republic
15	Anastasiia Chirtcova	Olympic Athletes from Russia
16	Emily Sarsfield	Great Britain
17	Marielle Thompson	Canada
18	India Sherret	Canada
19	Stephanie Joffroy	Chile
20	Victoria Zavadovskaya	Olympic Athletes from Russia
21	Julia Eichinger	Germany
22	Reina Umehara	Japan
23	Priscillia Annen	Switzerland
24	Lucrezia Fantelli	Italy