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2002 Winter Olympic Games Freestyle skiing

Aerials Men:

MedalAthleteScore
Gold Aleš Valenta (CZE)257.02
Silver Joe Pack (USA)251.64
Bronze Alexei Grichin (BLR)251.19

Valenta completed five twists in three flips to take the gold, while defending Olympic champion Eric Bergoust , in first place after the first jump, fell on the second after jumping too hard and ended up in last place.

Extra Twist Does the Trick in Aerials, The New York Times, February 20, 2002


Moguls Men:

MedalAthleteScore
Gold Janne Lahtela (FIN)27.97
Silver Travis Mayer (USA)27.59
Bronze Richard Gay (FRA)26.91

Before a crowd of 14,237, Lahtela performed a near-flawless run with a quad twist and triple twist spread to win the gold.

Jonny Moseley , the defending Olympic champion and crowd favorite performed his unusual Dinner Roll jump in both the preliminary and final rounds but was slower than the medalists, and finished fourth.

Making a Mountain Out of a Dinner Roll, The New York Times, February 13, 2002
Moseley Gets the Cheers, but Lahtela Gets the Hardware, The New York Times, February 12, 2002


Aerials Women:

MedalAthleteScore
Gold Alisa Camplin (AUS)193.47
Silver Veronica Brenner (CAN)190.02
Bronze Deidra Dionne (CAN)189.26

The second Australian winter gold was by Camplin instead of Jacqui Cooper , who injured herself before the competition.


Moguls Women:

MedalAthleteScore
Gold Kari Traa (NOR)25.94
Silver Shannon Bahrke (USA)25.06
Bronze Tae Satoya (JPN)24.85
2002 Winter Olympics Skiing

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