SLC Native Faye Gulini Qualifies For Women’s Snowboard Cross Final
Feb 8, 2022, 10:24 PM
Faye Gulini of Team United States competes during the Women's Snowboard Cross Qualification on Day 5 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Genting Snow Park on February 09, 2022 in Zhangjiakou, China. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
(Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY – Salt Lake City native Faye Gulini has qualified for the women’s snowboard cross final at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.
During the qualifying round of the women’s snowboard cross, Faye Gulini finished her run in 1:23.98, which was +1.79 behind the leader. The leader going into the final is Michela Moiloi of Italy with a time of 1:22.19.
According to NBC Olympics, the 16 first ranked athletes after Run 1 (including all tied for rank 16) will be seeded according to their ranking, the rest will start Seeding Run 2. In Seeding Run 2 all athletes will be seeded according to their ranking (best of 2 runs).
In the final, Gulini is in a red bib, which is given to the top seeds in that bracket. As a No. 7 seed, Gulini will face No. 10 Kristina Paul of the Republic of China, No. 23 Vendula Hopjakova of the Czech Republic and No. 26 Tess Critchlow of Canada.
Gulini is from Salt Lake City and currently resides in Vail, Colorado. This is her fourth Winter Olympic Games after competing in 2010, 2014 and 2018. The women’s snowboard cross final will take place on February 8 at 11:30 p.m. MT on USA Network.
.@TeamUSA's Stacy Gaskill, @LindsJacobellis, @FayeGulini, and Meghan Tierney have qualified for the knockout round in Women's Snowboard Cross.
Check out Jacobellis' run below! #WinterOlympics pic.twitter.com/q4a6F0q4AS
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 9, 2022
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