While we still have a two week break in the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup season, it's a good time to take a look at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Freestyle Ski Competition and the upcoming World Cup freestyle events.
The Freestyle World Cup 2010 competition season kicks off December 12 with Mogul events at Suomu, Finland. Then the FIS World Cup Calendar, both for Men and Women, holds 11 more stops before the 2010 Vancouver Olympics at the Cypress Mountain venue.
As I've said before, and this holds for freestyle as well as alpine racing, when you are looking at world class competition past performance can be a good indicator of what you might see in future competition.
Let me add the caveat - in any premier head-to-head sports competitions where the best of the best compete, there are favorites and "also competing," and on any given day a favorite can make the slightest misstep and a "dark horse," pumped up and coming out of the blue - can win. This may hold forth more in freestyle competition, with all the nuances that our spectator eyes may miss, but which the judges see.
With that said, before we analyze the individual events and past performances, here is a 2010 Winter Olympics Freestyle Ski Competition Overview with a little on the basic involved in freestyle events and competition standings.
More: 2010 Winter Olympics | U.S. Freestyle Skiers | International Freestyle Skiiers
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