FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2015
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| Host city | Kreischberg |
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| Country | Austria |
| Nations | 40 |
| Events | 24 |
| Opening | January 15, 2015 |
| Closing | January 25, 2015 |
| Website | kreischberg2015.at |
The 2015 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships were held in Kreischberg, Austria from January 15–25, 2015. In 2014, the FIS (International Ski Federation) decided to merge the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships with the FIS Snowboarding World Championships starting with these championships.[1] The Austrian municipality of Kreischberg was awarded the event in 2010.
Qualification for the women's aerials event began a day before the opening ceremony. Freestyle skiers competed in six disciplines: moguls, dual moguls, ski cross, slopestyle, halfpipe and aerials. Snowboarders competed in six disciplines: halfpipe, slopestyle, parallel slalom, parallel giant slalom, big air and snowboard cross.
Schedule
[edit]| Q | Qualification | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Wed 14 | Thu 15 | Fri 16 | Sat 17 | Sun 18 | Mon 19 | Tue 20 | Wed 21 | Thu 22 | Fri 23 | Sat 24 | Sun 25 | ||||
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| Moguls | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
| Dual Moguls | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
| Aerials | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
| Freestyle halfpipe | Q | Q | F | |||||||||||||
| Freestyle slopestyle | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
| Ski cross | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
| Big air | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
| Snowboard halfpipe | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
| Snowboard slopestyle | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
| Snowboard cross | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
| Parallel giant slalom | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
| Parallel slalom | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
Medalists
[edit]Freestyle skiing
[edit]Men's events
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moguls | Anthony Benna France | 86.89 | Mikaël Kingsbury Canada | 86.54 | Alexandr Smyshlyaev Russia | 85.68 |
| Dual moguls | Mikaël Kingsbury Canada | Philippe Marquis Canada | Marc-Antoine Gagnon Canada | |||
| Aerials | Qi Guangpu China | 139.50 | Alex Bowen United States | 121.27 | Maxim Gustik Belarus | 119.91 |
| Halfpipe | Kyle Smaine United States | 88.00 | Joffrey Pollet-Villard France | 86.60 | Yannic Lerjen Switzerland | 82.40 |
| Slopestyle | Fabian Bösch Switzerland | 92.60 | Russell Henshaw Australia | 91.80 | Noah Wallace United States | 82.40 |
| Ski cross | Filip Flisar Slovenia | Jean-Frédéric Chapuis France | Victor Öhling Norberg Sweden | |||
Women's events
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moguls | Justine Dufour-Lapointe Canada | 87.25 | Hannah Kearney United States | 85.66 | Britteny Cox Australia | 81.98 |
| Dual moguls | Hannah Kearney United States | Justine Dufour-Lapointe Canada | Yulia Galysheva Kazakhstan | |||
| Aerials | Laura Peel Australia | 88.47 | Kiley McKinnon United States | 88.12 | Xu Mengtao China | 86.84 |
| Halfpipe | Virginie Faivre Switzerland | 83.80 | Cassie Sharpe Canada | 81.00 | Mirjam Jäger Switzerland | 79.80 |
| Slopestyle | Lisa Zimmermann Germany | 85.80 | Katie Summerhayes Great Britain | 82.80 | Zuzana Stromkova Slovakia | 77.60 |
| Ski cross | Andrea Limbacher Austria | Ophélie David France | Fanny Smith Switzerland | |||
Snowboarding
[edit]Men's events
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big air | Roope Tonteri Finland | 173.75 | Darcy Sharpe Canada | 169.50 | Kyle Mack United States | 163.50 |
| Halfpipe | Scotty James Australia | 91.50 | Yiwei Zhang China | 89.50 | Tim-Kevin Ravnjak Slovenia | 89.25 |
| Slopestyle | Ryan Stassel United States | 97.50 | Roope Tonteri Finland | 93.75 | Kyle Mack United States | 92.75 |
| Snowboard cross | Luca Matteotti Italy | Kevin Hill Canada | Nick Baumgartner United States | |||
| Parallel giant slalom | Andrey Sobolev Russia | Žan Košir Slovenia | Benjamin Karl Austria | |||
| Parallel slalom | Roland Fischnaller Italy | Andrey Sobolev Russia | Rok Marguč Slovenia | |||
Women's events
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big air | Elena Könz Switzerland | 157.75 | Merika Enne Finland | 148.75 | Sina Candrian Switzerland | 143.25 |
| Halfpipe | Xuetong Cai China | 94.25 | Queralt Castellet Spain | 81.25 | Clémence Grimal France | 80.25 |
| Slopestyle | Miyabi Onitsuka Japan | 92.50 | Anna Gasser Austria | 89.50 | Klaudia Medlova Slovakia | 84.25 |
| Snowboard cross | Lindsay Jacobellis United States | Nelly Moenne Loccoz France | Michela Moioli Italy | |||
| Parallel giant slalom | Claudia Riegler Austria | Alena Zavarzina Russia | Tomoka Takeuchi Japan | |||
| Parallel slalom | Ester Ledecka Czech Republic | Julia Dujmovits Austria | Marion Kreiner Austria | |||
Participating countries
[edit]A total of 40 countries entered athletes.[2]
Andorra
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
China
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
United Kingdom
Greece
Hungary
Iran
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United States
Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Switzerland (SUI) | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Austria (AUT) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| China (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | France (FRA) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 | |
Broadcasting
[edit]This was the first time the championships were available for live viewing on YouTube for free of charge, in countries where broadcasting agreements were not in place.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "One year to go – Kreischberg is ready to host the FIS Freestyle Ski & Snowboard World Championships 2015!" (PDF). kreischberg2015.at/. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ "Nations in English" (PDF). kreischberg2015.at/. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ "2015 FIS Freestyle and Snowboard World Championships to be broadcast free-of-charge on YouTube for the first time ever". infrontsports.com/. Infront Sports & Media. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
External links
[edit]- Official website Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
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