The Women's aerials event in freestyle skiing

Freestyle skiing

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at the 2006 Winter Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

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in Turin

Turin

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, Italy

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 began on February 21 and concluded on February 22 at Sauze d'Oulx

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Qualification

The qualification round took place on February 21, with 23 skiers competing. The top 12 advanced to the final.

Rank	Name	Country	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Notes
1	Jacqui Cooper Jacqui Cooper Jacqui Cooper is an Australian freestyle skier and motivational speaker.Cooper has been participating in aerial skiing since she was 16, and has been in the Australian team for 13 years. She has had many injuries, including a shattered knee and a broken back.She competed at the 1994 Winter...		113.80	99.56	213.36	Q
2	Guo Xinxin Guo Xinxin Guo Xinxin is a Chinese aerial skier who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics. She competed for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics as well and won the bronze medal in the aerials event.- References :...		105.45	9.42	204.87	Q
3	Li Nina Li Nina Li Nina is a Chinese aerial skier who won silver at both the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. She placed 5th at the 2002 Winter Olympics, and has won the last three World Championships in aerials.Her nickname is 'Snow Princess'.-External links:...		98.87	90.06	188.93	Q
4	Evelyne Leu Evelyne Leu Evelyne Leu is a former Swiss freestyle skier.She won a Gold medal in Aerial skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics. However, she failed to reach the Finals at the 2010 Winter Olympics when she crashed in her second jump during qualifying.She retired in April 2010.-External...		83.60	96.77	180.37	Q
5	Veronika Bauer Veronika Bauer Veronika Bauer is a Canadian freestyle skier.Bauer competes in aerials, and made her World Cup debut in August 1997 at Mount Buller in Australia. Her first World Cup podium also came at that venue, two years later...		94.29	82.37	176.66	Q
6	Anna Zukal		88.35	83.89	172.24	Q
7	Xu Nannan Xu Nannan Xu Nannan is a Chinese freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, in aerials....		80.72	91.29	172.01	Q
8	Alla Tsuper Alla Tsuper Alla Petrovna Tsuper is a Ukrainian-born aerial skier representing Belarus.She was 5th at the 1998 Winter Olympics, 9th at the 2002 Winter Olympics, 10th at the 2006 Winter Olympics, and 8th at the 2010 Winter Olympics after reaching the finals of the by coming first in the qualifying...		88.83	80.16	168.99	Q
9	Manuela Mueller		95.88	72.43	168.31	Q
10	Alisa Camplin Alisa Camplin Alisa Camplin OAM is an Australian aerial skier who won gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics, the second ever winter olympic gold medal for Australia. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Camplin finished third, a bronze medal...		69.97	95.35	165.32	Q
11	Oly Slivets		88.72	74.48	163.20	Q
12	Wang Jiao		71.55	88.67	160.22	Q
13	Olga Volkova Olga Volkova Olga Volkova is a Ukrainian freestyle skier specializing in aerials. She won a bronze medal at the 2011 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships.-External links:*...		86.01	74.02	160.03
14	Lydia Ierodiaconou Lydia Ierodiaconou Lydia Lassila is an Australian Olympic freestyle skier and gold medalist who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin and the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.On 20 October 2010, Lydia was awarded by the Australian Sporting Hall...		101.52	53.93	155.45
15	Amber Peterson Amber Peterson Amber Peterson is a Canadian freestyle skier.Peterson competes in aerials, and made her World Cup debut in December 1999 at Blackcomb, British Columbia. Her first, and to date, only World Cup podium came at Lake Placid in January 2006...		80.64	72.43	153.07
16	Jana Lindsey Jana Lindsey Jana Lindsey in Rapid City is an American freestyle skier who has competed since 1999. Her best World Cup fourth was in an aerials event in China in 2009.At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Lindsey finished 16th in the aerials event...		79.38	70.85	150.23
17	Olga Koroleva		76.75	71.75	148.40
18	Tatiana Kozachenko		69.44	78.07	147.51
19	Emily Cook Emily Cook (skier) Emily Cook is an American freestyle skier who has competed since 1995. Her first World Cup victory was in an aerials event in Russia in 2008...		60.32	84.10	144.42
20	Nadiya Didenko		80.16	56.75	136.91
21	Kayo Henmi		57.48	71.92	129.40
22	Deidra Dionne Deidra Dionne Deidra Dionne is a Canadian freestyle skier. She was born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. She won bronze in the 2002 Winter Olympics in freestyle aerial ski She also won the bronze medal at the 2001 and 2003 FIS World Freestyle Ski Championships.Her health and career appeared in jeopardy on...		69.79	58.51	128.30
23	Elizabeth Gardner Elizabeth Gardner Elizabeth Gardner is an Australian freestyle skier-Professional career:Gardner made her professional debut on 8 September 2001 at the Mount Buller women's aerial event. Since her debut, she has competed the Europa, Nor-Am, and World Cup...		65.56	61.86	127.42

Final

The final took place on the evening of February 22. Evelyne Leu

Evelyne Leu

Evelyne Leu is a former Swiss freestyle skier.She won a Gold medal in Aerial skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics. However, she failed to reach the Finals at the 2010 Winter Olympics when she crashed in her second jump during qualifying.She retired in April 2010.-External...

was 5th after her first jump, but on her second she earned the highest score of the final round, a 107.93, to win the gold medal.

Rank	Athlete	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total
		94.62	107.93	202.55
		100.81	96.58	197.39
		94.99	96.40	191.39
4		98.70	92.53	191.23
5		87.50	90.25	177.75
6		103.17	71.68	174.85
7		73.49	85.65	159.14
8		78.97	73.72	152.69
9		81.90	70.14	152.04
10		53.58	84.26	137.84
11		61.51	71.02	132.53
12		67.32	58.33	125.65