Great day for the Australians today on Day 5 of the Beijing games with medal chances in women’s snowboard cross.
Belle Brockhoff and Josie Baff will be competing for a medal today in the women’s snowboard cross.
Belle is one of the star riders and we hope she can claim a medal for herself and Australia and erase the disappointment of PyeongChang in 2018. Josie Baff is making her debut at the Winter Olympics and can compete with the best of them. We wish them well.
Snowboard cross starts with individual time-trial seeding, then progress to heats of four where you need a little ounce of luck. Top 2 from each heat progress to next round. Then small final of 5 to 8 ranked riders, and then the top four compete in the final.
Action packed must watch event.
Plus, snowboarding halfpipe qualifying for men and women.
We have three riders, Emily Arthur in the women and superstar Scotty James, bronze medal from 2018 PyeongChang and rising star Valentino Guseli in the men.
This event has it all, sensational action, drama and superstars of world snowboarding including the retiring Shaun White from the USA.
In Alpine skiing Katie Parker will ski in the slalom after passing final covid test on morning of event.
Snowboard Cross Women
2.00pm seeding run 1 - 2.55pm seeding run 2
Belle Brockhoff racer number 2 bib number 2
Josie Baff racer number 20 bib number 20
Seeding run determines if racers qualify for the finals.
From 5.30pm finals
6.45pm small final followed by big final and medals.
Australians will need to qualify to be in the finals. Let’s hope they do ……
Snowboard Halfpipe
12.30pm to 3.30pm Women qualifying runs
Australia’s Emily Arthur, start number 19 bib number 18
3.30pm to 5.30pm Men qualifying runs
Australia
Scotty James start number 4 bib number 2
Valentino Guseli start number 9 bib number 14
Of note: USA’s Shaun White start number 23 bib number 9
Scores in the qualifications will give us a great guide of the athletes in contention, including our men and retiring legend of the sport Shaun White from the USA. Scotty James won silver in 2018, can he go one better in Beijing.
Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom
1.15 1st run - 4.45 2nd run AEDT
Australian skier Katie Parker is competing after passing last minute covid test on morning of event.
Katie starts number 53.
Other sports of note today
Alpine Skiing Men’s Combined Downhill training
1.30pm
Freestyle Skiing Big Air Men Final
2.00pm to 2.45pm
Speed Skating
Men’s 1500m Final From 9.30pm
Women’s 100m heats and 3000m semi finals
Skeleton - Official training
From 3.45pm women
From 6.20pm men - Australian Nick Timmings