Australian snowboarder Emily Arthur has missed the cut-off to advance to the final of the Olympic women's halfpipe competition after two rounds of qualification.
The 22-year-old scored 62.50 to sit in 12th place after the first round at Genting Snow Park, with 12 riders advancing to Thursday's finals and medal round.
With the best score of two rounds counting, the Sydney athlete started her second run in good shape but then fell mid-pipe and only managed to score 19.75 to drop two places to 14th and out of the finals-bound group.
It's a disappointing result for Arthur after she finished 11th four years ago in PyeongChang.
The top qualifier was defending Olympic champion Chloe Kim from the United States, who opened with a massive score of 87.75 but also fell on her second.
Kim has won every halfpipe event in which she has taken part since the 2018 Olympics.
Fellow American Maddie Mastro, who finished behind Kim at both the 2021 world championships and X-Games, was a surprise omission from the finals after finishing 13th.
Australia's gold medal hope Scotty James and teenager Valentino Guseli, will be looking to qualify in the men's halfpipe later on Wednesday.
James claimed the bronze medal in PyeongChang and comes into the 2022 Games in top from having but won last month's X-Games.
American superstar Shaun White, the defending Olympic champion, is contesting his fifth Olympics.
Japan's Ayumu Hirano looms as a major threat after silver medals at the past two Olympics.
