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.
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 (Host state (Colorado))
Skiing
Men's Slopestyle results
[3]
Women's Slopestyle results
[4]
Men's SuperPipe results
[5]
Women's SuperPipe results
[6]
Men's Big Air results
[7]
Women's Skier X results
[8]
Men's Skier X results
[9]
Men's Mono Skier X results
[10]
Snowboarding
Men's Snowboard Street results
[11]
Women's Snowboard Slopestyle results
[12]
Women's SuperPipe results
[13]
Men's Big Air results
[14]
Women's Snowboard X results
[15]
Men's Snowboard X results
[16]
Men's Slopestyle results
[17]
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
[19]
Best Trick results
[20]
- 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
