Olympics Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe qualifying live stream, start time, TV channel
By Staff
The women will kick things off in the Olympic snowboarding halfpipe discipline, with qualifiers beginning late at night (Eastern Time) on Sunday, Feb. 11.
Along with giant slalom, halfpipe is the oldest Olympic snowboarding discipline, having made its debut at the 1998 Nagano Games. It’s also one of the most fun to watch, as riders get lots of air off the wall of the halfpipe before performing their best tricks.
All the information you need to watch the women’s halfpipe qualifiers in Pyeongchang is below, as well as a preview of the athletes who will hope to advance to the final round on Feb. 12.
The entire Olympic snowboarding schedule can be found here.
How to Watch:
TV: NBC, NBCSN
Live Stream: NBCOlympics.com
App: NBC Sports
Date: Sunday, Feb. 11
Start Time: 11:30 p.m. ET
What to Watch:
There are two runs in the qualification round of the women’s halfpipe discipline:
- Women’s Halfpipe Qualification Run 1 (11:30 p.m. ET)
- Women’s Halfpipe Qualification Run 2 (12:17 a.m. ET)
The best single run counts in the scoring as the field gets narrowed down to the 12 riders who will advance to the final round. Unlike in the 2014 Sochi Games, which featured two final runs, there will be three in Pyeongchang.
In the halfpipe discipline, riders ride the pipe’s 22-foot walls and perform tricks each time they launch into the air. The event is not timed, so judges use their discretion and judgment to evaluate the run.
Judges evaluate riders’ tricks on execution, variety, difficulty, pipe use and amplitude. Points can be deducted for things such as unstable landings, using hands for stability, falls or complete stops.
In the 2018 Winter Games, the nation with the strongest team in halfpipe, as in the other snowboarding disciplines, is the United States. Chloe Kim is the favorite to win gold, and Kelly Clark, who is competing in her fifth Olympics, has medaled three times before.
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