Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Four freestyle skiing events were held at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, at the venue in Sauze d'Oulx. There were both men's and women's competition in both "aerials" and "moguls" events. In moguls, the athletes ski down a slope littered with moguls, attempting to get down in as fast a time as possible while also attempting to get points for technique and their two aerial jumps during the course. The aerials events consisted of two jumps, which were judged by air, form and landing.

Men's Moguls

The men's moguls event was held on 15 February. Coming into the event, Australian Dale Begg-Smith leads the moguls World Cup for the 2005–06 season, while Nathan Roberts of the United States won the 2005 World Championships.

Women's Aerials

The qualifying event of the women's aerials was held one day after the men's qualifying, on 21 February, with the final on 22 February. The gold medal winning Evelyne Leu also leads the World Cup, while silver medalist Li Nina won the event at the 2005 World Championships. Jacqui Cooper (AUS) recorded a world record 213.56 in the qualifying round, however crashed out of competition in the finals. Her teammate Alisa Camplin went on to win bronze.

References

* [http://www.torino2006.org/ENG/OlympicGames/sport_ed_atleti/freestyle.html Torino 2006 - Freestyle Skiing] , from torino2006.org, retrieved 30 January 2006
* [http://www.fis-ski.com/ FIS-ski.com]