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| Host city | Kreischberg |
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| Country | Austria |
| Nations | 40 |
| Events | 24 |
| Opening | January 15, 2015 (2015-01-15) |
| Closing | January 25, 2015 (2015-01-25) |
| Website | kreischberg2015.at |
| ← 2013 (freestyle) 2013 (snowboard)2017 → | |
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. 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
| 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
Freestyle skiing
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moguls details |
Anthony Benna France |
86.89 | Mikaël Kingsbury Canada |
86.54 | Alexandr Smyshlyaev Russia |
85.68 |
| Dual moguls details |
Mikaël Kingsbury Canada
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Philippe Marquis Canada
|
Marc-Antoine Gagnon Canada
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| Aerials details |
Qi Guangpu China |
139.50 | Alex Bowen United States |
121.27 | Maxim Gustik Belarus |
119.91 |
| Halfpipe details |
Kyle Smaine United States |
88.00 | Joffrey Pollet-Villard France |
86.60 | Yannic Lerjen Switzerland |
82.40 |
| Slopestyle details |
Fabian Bösch Switzerland |
92.60 | Russell Henshaw Australia |
91.80 | Noah Wallace United States |
82.40 |
| Ski cross details |
Filip Flisar Slovenia
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Jean-Frédéric Chapuis France
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Victor Öhling Norberg Sweden
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Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moguls details |
Justine Dufour-Lapointe Canada |
87.25 | Hannah Kearney United States |
85.66 | Britteny Cox Australia |
81.98 |
| Dual moguls details |
Hannah Kearney United States
|
Justine Dufour-Lapointe Canada
|
Yulia Galysheva Kazakhstan
| |||
| Aerials details |
Laura Peel Australia |
88.47 | Kiley McKinnon United States |
88.12 | Xu Mengtao China |
86.84 |
| Halfpipe details |
Virginie Faivre Switzerland |
83.80 | Cassie Sharpe Canada |
81.00 | Mirjam Jäger Switzerland |
79.80 |
| Slopestyle details |
Lisa Zimmermann Germany |
85.80 | Katie Summerhayes Great Britain |
82.80 | Zuzana Stromkova Slovakia |
77.60 |
| Ski cross details |
Andrea Limbacher Austria
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Ophélie David France
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Fanny Smith Switzerland
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Snowboarding
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big air details |
Roope Tonteri Finland |
173.75 | Darcy Sharpe Canada |
169.50 | Kyle Mack United States |
163.50 |
| Halfpipe details |
Scotty James Australia |
91.50 | Yiwei Zhang China |
89.50 | Tim-Kevin Ravnjak Slovenia |
89.25 |
| Slopestyle details |
Ryan Stassel United States |
97.50 | Roope Tonteri Finland |
93.75 | Kyle Mack United States |
92.75 |
| Snowboard cross details |
Luca Matteotti Italy
|
Kevin Hill Canada
|
Nick Baumgartner United States
| |||
| Parallel giant slalom details |
Andrey Sobolev Russia
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Žan Košir Slovenia
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Benjamin Karl Austria
| |||
| Parallel slalom details |
Roland Fischnaller Italy
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Andrey Sobolev Russia
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Rok Marguč Slovenia
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Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big air details |
Elena Könz Switzerland |
157.75 | Merika Enne Finland |
148.75 | Sina Candrian Switzerland |
143.25 |
| Halfpipe details |
Xuetong Cai China |
94.25 | Queralt Castellet Spain |
81.25 | Clémence Grimal France |
80.25 |
| Slopestyle details |
Miyabi Onitsuka Japan |
92.50 | Anna Gasser Austria |
89.50 | Klaudia Medlova Slovakia |
84.25 |
| Snowboard cross details |
Lindsay Jacobellis United States
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Nelly Moenne Loccoz France
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Michela Moioli Italy
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| Parallel giant slalom details |
Claudia Riegler Austria
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Alena Zavarzina Russia
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Tomoka Takeuchi Japan
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| Parallel slalom details |
Ester Ledecka Czech Republic
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Julia Dujmovits Austria
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Marion Kreiner Austria
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Participating countries
A total of 40 countries entered athletes.
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
| 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
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.
References
- "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
- Official website Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
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