Freestyle skiing-Russia to protest Tatalina's low score in slopestyle final - RIA

ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Russia's Freestyle Federation said on Tuesday it would complain about the low score for Russian Olympic Committee skier Anastasia Tatalina in the women's freeski slopestyle final to the sport's governing body, the RIA news agency reported.

Tatalina ended up in fourth place after landing a double cork 1440 in her third and final run earlier in the day.

"We will prepare an analytical report and send it to FIS, which puts together judging teams," Alexei Kurashov, president of the Russian Freestyle Federation, told RIA, referring to the International Ski Federation (FIS).

"We will express our disagreement with Tatalina’s scores.”

Tatalina initially appeared excited after finishing her run and looked surprised when the judges gave her a score of 75.51, ending her hopes of making it on the podium.

"It wasn't honest, that's all I can say about the results," the Russian news agency quoted Tatalina as saying.

"In my last attempt I did a Double 14 (trick). Today nobody did one. It is a very difficult trick, and after the attempt I received only 75 points. We are going to assess the situation with the training staff," she added.

Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud won gold in the slopestyle final, while China's Eileen Gu took silver. Estonia's Kelly Sildaru took home bronze.

(Reporting by Mari Saito; Editing by Robert Birsel)