The Men's Moguls event in freestyle skiing

Freestyle skiing

Freestyle skiing is form of skiing which used to encompass two disciplines: aerials, and moguls. Except the two disciplines mentioned earlier Freestyle Skiing now consists of Skicross, Half Pipe and Slope Style...

at the 2006 Winter Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

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in Turin

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, Italy

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 took place on February 15 at Sauze d'Oulx

Sauze d'Oulx

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Qualification

The qualification round took place on the afternoon of February 15, with 35 skiers competing. The top 20 advanced to the final.

Rank	Name	Country	Score	Notes
1	Dale Begg-Smith Dale Begg-Smith Dale Begg-Smith is an Australian-Canadian freestyle skier. Begg-Smith won the gold medal for Australia, his adopted country, in the men's moguls event at the 2006 Winter Olympics and silver at the 2010 Winter Olympics...		25.40	Q
2	Travis Cabral		24.88	Q
3	Marc-Andre Moreau Marc-André Moreau Marc-André Moreau is a Canadian freestyle skier.Moreau, a mogulist has placed in the top-3 in World Cup events on three occasions...		24.69	Q
4	Jeremy Bloom Jeremy Bloom Jeremy Ryan Bloom is a three-time World Champion, two-time Olympian and eleven-time World Cup gold medalist in freestyle moguls skiing. In 2005, he won a record six straight World Cup events, the most in a single season in the sport's history....		24.51	Q
5	Guilbaut Colas Guilbaut Colas Guilbaut Colas is a French Mogul skier who competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and has seven World Cup victories. Born in Échirolles, Colas has competed for his nation in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Men's Moguls. Although he had the best time his "air score" was not as good and he finished sixth...		24.33	Q
6	Toby Dawson Toby Dawson Toby Dawson is an American mogul skier. He won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Toby Dawson is a featured athlete on the sports medicine show Athlete 360.-Early life:Dawson was born in Busan, South Korea as Kim Bong-seok....		24.20	Q
7	Travis Mayer Travis Mayer Travis Mayer is an olympic-level Freestyle Skier. He won the silver medal in the moguls competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics and also competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics. Travis grew up skiing in Western New York at Holiday Valley and across the Northeast as a member of the Holiday Valley...		24.04	Q
8	Jesper Bjoernlund		23.97	Q
9	Chris Wong		23.89	Q
10	Janne Lahtela Janne Lahtela Janne Lahtela is a Finnish former athlete, who established himself as one of the most dominant persons in the history of moguls skiing. He is currently the head coach of Japan's freestyle skiing team...		23.77	Q
11	Alexandre Bilodeau Alexandre Bilodeau Alexandre Bilodeau is a Canadian freestyle skier from Montreal, Quebec. Bilodeau currently resides in Rosemère, Quebec. Bilodeau won a gold medal in the men's moguls at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, becoming the first Canadian to win a gold medal at an Olympic Games held in Canada after...		23.75	Q
12	Christoph Stark		23.65	Q
13	Mikko Ronkainen Mikko Ronkainen Mikko Ronkainen is a freestyle skier from Finland. He is a two-time World Champion and won the moguls World Cup during the 2000-2001 season. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin Ronkainen won a silver medal.-References:...		23.38	Q
14	Pierre Ochs		23.19	Q
15	Osamu Ueno		23.03	Q
16	Nick Fisher		22.89	Q
17	Fredrik Fortkord		22.87 (3.0)	Q
18	Walter Bormolini		22.87 (2.0)	Q
19	Juuso Lahtela		22.31	Q
20	Alexandr Smyshlyaev Alexandr Smyshlyaev Alexandr Smyshlyaev is a Russian freestyle skier who specializes in the moguls discipline.- External links :*...		22.18	Q
21	Simone Galli		21.98
22	Sami Mustonen Sami Mustonen Sami Mustonen is a Finnish freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, in moguls.-References:...		21.57
23	Per Spett		21.53
24	Michael Robertson		21.52
25	Artem Valinteev		21.51
26	Silvan Palazot		21.29
27	Ruslan Sharifullin		21.24
28	Gerhard Bloechl		21.16
29	Jason Begg-Smith Jason Begg-Smith Jason Begg-Smith is an Australian freestyle skier, who competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics. He finished in 29th place. He is also the older brother of Olympic Gold Medalist Dale Begg-Smith....		20.22
30	Kai Ozaki		19.7
31	Claudio Bosia		19.62
32	Yugo Tsukita		19.13
33	Dmitriy Reiherd		18.33
34	Mattia Pegorari		16.25
35	Vitali Glushchenko		12.75

Final

The final took place on the evening of February 15, with Dale Begg-Smith

Dale Begg-Smith

Dale Begg-Smith is an Australian-Canadian freestyle skier. Begg-Smith won the gold medal for Australia, his adopted country, in the men's moguls event at the 2006 Winter Olympics and silver at the 2010 Winter Olympics...

, the top qualifier and final starter, just beating Mikko Ronkainen

Mikko Ronkainen

Mikko Ronkainen is a freestyle skier from Finland. He is a two-time World Champion and won the moguls World Cup during the 2000-2001 season. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin Ronkainen won a silver medal.-References:...

for the gold medal.

Rank	Athlete	Score
		26.77
		26.62
		26.30
4		25.62
5		25.21
6		25.17
7		24.91
8		24.42
9		24.38
10		23.60
11		23.42
12		23.39
13		23.22
14		22.88
15		22.84
16		22.65
17		21.37
18		21.36
19		20.58
20		19.54