Winter X Games XVI (Winter X Games Sixteen) |
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Location | Aspen, Colorado |
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Dates | January 26–29 |
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Winter X Games XVI (re-titled Winter X Games Aspen'12; styled as Winter X Games Sixteen in the official logo) were held from January 26 to January 29, 2012, in Aspen, Colorado. They were the 11th consecutive Winter X Games to be held in Aspen. The events were broadcast on ESPN. The following year, the Winter X Games were held in two international cities: Aspen, Colorado and Tignes, France.[1]
Sports
The following are the events at Winter X Games 16.
- Freestyle Skiing
- Snowboarding
- Snowmobiling
Highlights
- Games dedicated to renowned freestyle skier Sarah Burke, who died on January 19, 2012, after a freak accident in training.[2]
- Mark McMorris and Torstein Horgmo landed the first-ever triple corks in the Big Air competition.
- Heath Frisby landed the first-ever snowmobile frontflip in the Best Trick competition.
- Shaun White's final run in the Snowboard SuperPipe final scored a perfect 100.00. White's victory also gave him the first-ever five-peat in that event.
- Mark McMorris became the first snowboarder since Shaun White to win two gold medals in one X Games.
Results
Medal count
* Host nation (United States)
* Host nation (Host state (Colorado))
Skiing
Men's Slopestyle results
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Rank | Name | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Score |
| Tom Wallisch (USA) | 93.66 | 59.66 | 96.00 | 96.00 |
| Nick Goepper (USA) | 88.33 | 94.66 | 88.66 | 94.66 |
| Andreas Håtveit (NOR) | 87.66 | 90.66 | 92.00 | 92.00 |
4 | Gus Kenworthy (USA) | 89.33 | 46.00 | 36.66 | 89.33 |
5 | Russ Henshaw (AUS) | 85.00 | 89.00 | 20.00 | 89.00 |
6 | P.K. Hunder (NOR) | 77.66 | 86.33 | 86.00 | 86.33 |
7 | Bobby Brown (USA) | 65.33 | 39.66 | 83.33 | 83.33 |
8 | Alex Schlopy (USA) | 33.66 | 40.00 | 77.00 | 77.00 |
Women's Slopestyle results
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Rank | Name | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Score |
| Kaya Turski (CAN) | 88.33 | 88.66 | 95.00 | 95.00 |
| Devin Logan (USA) | 56.33 | 42.66 | 92.33 | 92.33 |
| Anna Segal (AUS) | 90.00 | 86.33 | 14.66 | 90.00 |
4 | Keri Herman (USA) | 87.00 | 60.33 | 45.33 | 87.00 |
5 | Ashley Battersby (USA) | 39.00 | 85.00 | 86.00 | 86.00 |
6 | Dara Howell (CAN) | 48.00 | 81.33 | 63.00 | 81.33 |
7 | Emma Dahlström (SWE) | 69.33 | 46.00 | 77.66 | 77.66 |
8 | Megan Olenick (USA) | 25.00 | 71.00 | 30.66 | 71.00 |
9 | Rose Battersby (NZL) | 32.00 | 29.00 | 51.00 | 51.00 |
10 | Kim Lamarre (CAN) | 28.66 | 38.00 | 39.00 | 39.00 |
Men's SuperPipe results
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Rank | Name | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Score |
| David Wise (USA) | 86.33 | 93.00 | 77.66 | 93.00 |
| Noah Bowman (CAN) | 87.66 | 38.00 | 90.00 | 90.00 |
| Torin Yater-Wallace (USA) | 85.33 | 38.66 | 89.66 | 89.66 |
4 | Kevin Rolland (FRA) | 28.00 | 89.33 | 26.66 | 89.33 |
5 | Tucker Perkins (USA) | 79.33 | 86.00 | 88.33 | 88.33 |
6 | Simon Dumont (USA) | 82.66 | 74.00 | 87.00 | 87.00 |
7 | Mike Riddle (CAN) | 80.33 | 33.33 | 23.00 | 80.33 |
8 | Justin Dorey (CAN) | 25.33 | 38.33 | DNS | 38.33 |
Women's SuperPipe results
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Men's Big Air results
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Women's Skier X results
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Men's Skier X results
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Men's Mono Skier X results
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Rank | Name | Time |
| Samson Danniels (CAN) | 1:51.98 |
| Gregory Peck (USA) | 1:52.61 |
| Josh Dueck (CAN) | 1:53.14 |
4 | Sean Rose (UK) | 1:53.57 |
Snowboarding
Men's Snowboard Street results
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Rank | Name | Score |
| Forest Bailey (USA) | 88 |
| Ryan Paul (USA) | 83 |
| Nick Visconti (USA) | 76 |
4 | Ethan Deiss (USA) | 74 |
5 | Phil Jacques (CAN) | 10 |
Women's Snowboard Slopestyle results
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Women's SuperPipe results
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Men's Big Air results
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Women's Snowboard X results
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Men's Snowboard X results
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Men's Slopestyle results
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Men's SuperPipe results
[18]
- Shaun White became the third athlete in Winter X Games history to achieve a five-peat. His 100-point victory run included a Double McTwist 1260 combo'd into the first-ever frontside double cork 1260. It was the first-ever perfect score in the history of SuperPipe.
Snowmobile
Freestyle results
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Rank | Name | Run 1 | Run 2 | Score |
| Colten Moore (USA) | 92.66 | 93.66 | 93.66 |
| Joe Parsons (USA) | 90.66 | 89.00 | 90.66 |
| Caleb Moore (USA) | 87.00 | 86.00 | 87.00 |
4 | Heath Frisby (USA) | 80.00 | 82.66 | 82.66 |
Best Trick results
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- Frisby won gold with the first-ever Frontflip
- Colten Moore won silver with a Tsunami flip
- Justin Hoyer attempted a double back flip, but under-rotated, fell over his handlebars, and broke his arm
References
- ^ Davon O'Neil, X Games expands globally, Xgames.com, May 1, 2012
- ^ "Canada's Groenewoud wins X Games superpipe gold". CBC Sports. January 28, 2012.
- ^ "Winter X Games Aspen 2012 schedules, news, results, video highlights and athletes - ESPN". Archived from the original on 2012-01-30.
- ^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Women's Ski Slopestyle - ESPN
- ^ "Winter X Games Aspen 2012 schedules, news, results, video highlights and athletes - ESPN". Archived from the original on 2012-01-31.
- ^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Women's Ski SuperPipe - ESPN
- ^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Ski Big Air - ESPN
- ^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Women's Skier X - ESPN
- ^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Men's Skier X - ESPN
- ^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Mono Skier X - ESPN
- ^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Snowboard Street - ESPN
- ^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Women's Snowboard Slopestyle - ESPN
- ^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Women's Snowboard SuperPipe - ESPN
- ^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Snowboard Big Air - ESPN
- ^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Women's Snowboarder X - ESPN
- ^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Men's Snowboarder X - ESPN
- ^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Men's Snowboard Slopestyle - ESPN
- ^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Men's Snowboard SuperPipe - ESPN
- ^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Snowmobile Freestyle - ESPN
- ^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Snowmobile Best Trick - ESPN
External links
- [1] Winter X Games XVI Page
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