Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's moguls
| Women's moguls at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
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The Medalists
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| Venue | Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 6 February 2014 (qualification) 8 February 2014 (final) |
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| Competitors | 30 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning Score | 22.44 | ||||||||||||
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Justine Dufour-Lapointe |
 Canada
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Chloé Dufour-Lapointe |
Canada
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Hannah Kearney |
 United States
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The women's moguls event in freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia took place on the 6 February (first qualification) and 8 February (second qualification, semifinals, and final) at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park in Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi.
The defending Olympic and world champion was Hannah Kearney of the United States. Kearney returned to the podium, winning the 2014 bronze medal. The first two places were won by sisters, for only the fourth time in Olympic history: Canadian Justine Dufour-Lapointe earned gold while her sister Chloé won the silver. The third Dufour-Lapointe sister on the Canadian team, Maxime, made it to Final 2 in the event. Maxime, Justine, and Chloé Dufour-Lapointe became the first three sisters in Olympics history to compete in the same event. This was Justine Dufour-Lapointe's first Olympics, whereas Chloé was ranked fifth in Vancouver 2010.
An athlete must have placed in the top 30 in at a World Cup event after July 2012 or at the 2013 World Championships and a minimum of 80 FIS points. A total of 30 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 4 athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee.
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