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Lindsey Jacobellis of the United States became the Olympic champion. Jacobellis dominated the snowboard cross for almost two decades, winning the X Games ten times and the world championships six times, but her only Olympic medal so far was the silver in 2006, when she started celebrating her win too early and was overtaken at the finish line. [2]
Women's parallel slalom Women's parallel giant slalom 2006–2014 0 1 1 2 Dominique Maltais Canada (CAN) Women's snowboard cross 2006–2014 0 1 1 2 Enni Rukajärvi Finland (FIN) Women's slopestyle 2014–2018 0 1 1 2 Omar Visintin Italy (ITA) Men's snowboard cross Mixed team snowboard cross 2014–2022 0 1 1 2 Meryeta O'Dine Canada (CAN)
In July 2018, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially added the mixed team snowboard cross event to the Olympic program, increasing the total number of events to 11. [2] [3] A total of 238 quota spots were distributed to the sport of snowboarding, a decline of 20 from the 2018 Winter Olympics. [4]
Rank Bib Athlete Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1: 7 Noémie Wiedmer 3: 4: 4: 4: 4: 19 2: 3 Maja-Li ...
Sophie Hediger, a member of Switzerland's snowboard cross team at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, has died following an avalanche at a mountain resort, the country's skiing federation said on ...
Switzerland's Sophie Hediger competes in the snowboard women's cross seeding run during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Genting Snow Park P & X Stadium in Zhangjiakou on February 9, 2022.
Snowboard cross, also known as boardercross, is a snowboard competition in which four to six competitors race down a course. Snowboard cross courses are typically quite narrow and include cambered turns, various types of jumps, berms, rollers, drops, steep and flat sections designed to challenge the riders' ability to stay in control while maintaining maximum speed.
Hediger competed in women's snowboard cross and mixed team snowboard cross at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. During the 2023-’24 season, Hediger achieved her first two World Cup ...