Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's

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Women's Skeleton
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueAlpensia Sliding Centre
Dates16–17 February
Competitors20 from 14 nations
Winning time3:27.28
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lizzy Yarnold  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jacqueline Lölling  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Laura Deas  Great Britain
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The women's skeleton event at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 16 and 17 February at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea.[1]

Summary[edit]

The defending champion, Lizzy Yarnold had struggled in the season leading to the Games, but set a new track record in the first run. Affected by the middle ear disorder which had impeded her season, she had a mediocre second run, but a strong slide brought her back to second, and only two hundredths of a second off gold after the third run. In the fourth run, she established a significant new track record, thereby becoming the first double Olympic champion (male or female) in the history of skeleton, and the first multiple woman medalist. Jacqueline Lölling was consistent throughout the event to come second, and Laura Deas came in third. For both of them, these were the first Olympic medals.[2]

Janine Flock, leading after three runs despite never being better than third in any single run, and placed under pressure by Yarnold's hot final run, had a mediocre last run, which took her out of the podium entirely.

Simidele Adeagbo was the first athlete representing Nigeria at the Winter Olympics.

Qualification[edit]

Main article: Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

20 athletes qualified. Qualification is based on the combined rankings (across all four tours) as of 14 January 2018. The top two countries received three quotas each, the next four received two each and the last six were awarded to six countries. The Netherlands rejected one of its two quotas. Women had to be ranked in the top 45, after eliminating non-quota-earning competitors from countries that have earned their maximum quota. Nigeria was awarded the continental quota for Africa, while Australia received the Oceania quota. South Korea qualified as host nation.[3]

Competitors must compete in five races on three tracks during the 2016/17 season or 2017/18 season.[4]

Results[edit]

The first two runs were held on 16 February and the last two on 17 February 2018.[5]

TR – Track Record (in italics for previous marks). Top finish in each run is in boldface. For the second and fourth runs, athletes start in reverse order in relation to their current standings.

Rank Bib Athlete Country Run 1 Rank 1 Run 2 Rank 2 Run 3 Rank 3 Run 4 Rank 4 Total Behind
1st place, gold medalist(s) 14 Lizzy Yarnold  Great Britain 51.66 TR 1 52.30 9 51.86 2 51.46 TR 1 3:27.28 –
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 Jacqueline Lölling  Germany 51.74 TR 2 52.12 4 52.04 7 51.83 3 3:27.73 +0.45
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 10 Laura Deas  Great Britain 52.00 6 52.03 2 51.96 5 51.91 5 3:27.90 +0.62
4 9 Janine Flock  Austria 51.81 3 52.07 3 51.92 4 52.12 10 3:27.92 +0.64
5 6 Tina Hermann  Germany 51.98 TR 4 52.31 10 51.83 1 51.86 4 3:27.98 +0.70
6 8 Anna Fernstädt  Germany 51.99 5 52.17 5 51.88 3 52.00 6 3:28.04 +0.76
7 13 Lelde Priedulēna  Latvia 52.14 7 52.17 5 52.09 9 52.09 8 3:28.49 +1.21
8 17 Kimberley Bos  Netherlands 52.33 8 52.26 7 51.99 6 52.01 7 3:28.59 +1.31
9 4 Elisabeth Vathje  Canada 52.45 TR 12 52.01 1 52.37 14 51.82 2 3:28.65 +1.37
10 5 Jane Channell  Canada 52.42 TR 11 52.28 8 52.28 10 52.09 8 3:29.07 +1.79
11 16 Marina Gilardoni  Switzerland 52.34 10 52.35 12 52.28 10 52.46 13 3:29.43 +2.15
12 11 Mirela Rahneva  Canada 52.48 14 52.33 11 52.06 8 52.65 15 3:29.52 +2.24
13 12 Katie Uhlaender  United States 52.33 8 52.40 13 52.33 12 52.55 14 3:29.61 +2.33
14 15 Kim Meylemans  Belgium 52.56 16 52.54 14 52.34 13 52.26 11 3:29.70 +2.42
15 2 Jeong Sophia  South Korea 52.47 TR 13 52.67 15 52.47 15 52.28 12 3:29.89 +2.61
16 19 Jaclyn Narracott  Australia 52.53 15 52.76 16 52.62 17 52.82 17 3:30.73 +3.45
17 18 Kendall Wesenberg  United States 52.77 17 52.96 17 52.54 16 52.65 15 3:30.92 +3.64
18 1 Maria Marinela Mazilu  Romania 53.31 18 53.47 19 53.48 18 53.66 19 3:33.92 +6.64
19 3 Takako Oguchi  Japan 53.82 19 53.41 18 53.62 19 53.11 18 3:33.96 +6.68
20 20 Simidele Adeagbo  Nigeria 54.19 20 54.58 20 53.73 20 54.28 20 3:36.78 +9.50

TR – Track Record.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Venues". pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Lizzy Yarnold takes skeleton gold to make Winter Olympics history for Britain". The Guardian. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - Women's Skeleton - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeonChang 2018 Skeleton" (PDF). International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  5. ^ Final results
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