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freestyle skiing
Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, Mogul Skiing, moguls, Ski Cross, cross, Half-pipe skiing, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics. It can consist of a ...
events were held at the
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...
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Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
, at the venue in
Sauze d'Oulx
Sauze d'Oulx () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont (northern Italy) located from Turin in the Val di Susa, at the foot of Monte Genevris ().
It was the site of the freestyle skiing events of the 2006 Olympic Win ...
. 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.
Medal summary
Medal table
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Women’s events
Participating NOCs
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2006 Winter Olympics events
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2006 in freestyle skiing
Sauze d'Oulx