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Freestyle

& freeskiing

Sochi

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Event day Off day

W-Moguls,qualifying

W-Moguls,qualifying& final

W-Slope,qualifying& final

M-Slope,qualifying& final

W-Aerials,qualifying& final

M-Aerials,qualifying& final

M-Hpipe,qualifying& final

M-SkiCross,qual. & finalW-Hpipe,qual. & final

W-SkiCross,qualifying& final

M-Moguls,qualifying& final

R U S S I A

MOGULS

AERIALS

SKI CROSS

SKI HALFPIPE

SKI SLOPESTYLE

The halfpipe and slopestyle onskis are new Olympic events,

joining moguls, aerials and skicross at the extreme sports

venue in Sochi. Over 10days of competition, 10sets of medals will be

awarded (five mens and five womensevents). Slopestyle and halfpipe skier Devin Logan,shown right, is among a strong U.S. contingent thatincludes some Utah-based athletes. Hannah Kearneyis the reigning gold medalist from the VancouverGames in womens freestyle moguls.

Sochi extremesports venue Ski Cross

Halfpipe

Aerials

Moguls

Stadium

SlopestyleParallelSlalom

U.S. athletes to watch

2010 U.S. medalists in Vancouver

Name Event Medal Olympic outlookHannah Kearney moguls gold Will defend in SochiJeret Peterson aerials silver Deceased*Bryan Wilson moguls bronze Failed to qualifyShannon Bahrke moguls bronze Retired after 2010

Devin LoganFreeskier, halfpipe

& slopestyle

MaddieBowmanFreeskier, halfpipe

AngeliVanLaanenFreeskier, halfpipe

EmilyCookFreestyle, aerials

BradleyWilsonFreestyle, moguls

HannahKearneyFreestyle, moguls

PatrickDeneenFreestyle, moguls

Event descriptions

Skiers descenda straight, steepslope coveredwith moguls,whichcompetitorsmust negotiatewhile skiing as

fast as possible.There are alsotwo jumps.

No judginginvolved here; its

just a race to thefinish line butwith a catch. Fourskiers must race acriss-crossingdownhill course

without crashinginto one anotheror goingoff-course.

Moguls Aerials Ski CrossSimilar in mostrespects tosnowboardhalfpipe, except itsperformed on skis.Athletes are scoredon difficulty of thetricks, the amount

of air androtations attainedon them and onthe landings.

HalfpipeIts part obstaclecourse and partaerials. Skiersnegotiate a seriesof rails at the topfo the course, thenvault into the airon a set of jumps

that getprogessivelybigger.

SlopestyleSkiers launchinto the air offa kicker toperform aerialacrobatics,which arescored by

judges.

Sources: U S Ski andSnowboardAssociation wire service reports Tribunearchives TheSalt LakeTribune

Stadium

*Diedof a self-inflictedgunshotwoiund in 2012 inUtah