Freestyle skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

2002 Winter Olympic Games Freestyle skiing

Aerials Men:

1. Aleš Valenta (CZE)
2. Joe Pack (USA)
3. Aleksey Grishin (BLR)

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

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

Moguls Men:

1. Janne Lahtela (FIN)
2. Travis Mayer (USA)
3. Richard Gay (FRA)

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 who performed his unusual Dinner Roll jump in both the preliminary and final rounds but was slower than the medalists, 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:

1. Alisa Camplin (AUS)
2. Veronica Brenner (CAN)
3. Deidra Dionne (CAN)

The second Australian winter gold is by Camplin in stead of Jacqui Cooper, who injured herself before the competition.

Moguls Women:

1. Kari Traa (NOR)
2. Shannon Bahrke (USA)
3. Tae Satoya (JPN)