Things change and freestyle skiing has been a change for the better when it comes to Canada's medal count.
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Olympic preview: Women's moguls
- February 12, 2010 9:09 PM |
- By Noah Love
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Freestyle skiing: Women's moguls
The Contenders
Women's moguls wasn't on the list of events at the inaugural Winter Games in Chamonix. On the flip side, the 1924 event 'military patrol' won't be contested in Vancouver. Things change, in other words, and freestyle skiing has been a change for the better when it comes to Canada's medal count. A demonstration sport at the 1988 Games in Calgary, women's moguls may provide the first Olympic gold won by a Canadian on home soil. North Americans dominate this event, with 12 of the top 20 skiers in the World Cup Standings. Canadian Jenn Heil is the favourite, and she knows what it takes, having won gold in 2006 in Turin.
The Top 5 (World Cup standings)
1. Jennifer Heil, CAN
2. Heather McPhie, U.S.
3. Hannah Kearney, U.S.
4. Shannon Bahrke, U.S.
5. Kristi Richards, CAN
Canadian Medal Hopes
See Heil, above, but don't forget Kristi Richards, who could challenge for a medal.
Dark Horses
When you've had to shore up the snow-hungry venue with hay, anything can happen.
-- Ron Wadden, National Post
About the Author
- Bruce Arthur Bruce Arthur is the National Post's national sports columnist. A Vancouver native, he has been with the Post since 2001, and a columnist since 2005. He is covering his second Olympics, after the 2008 Games in Beijing. He expects these Games to be slightly less propagandistic, and for China to win slightly fewer medals.
- Joe O'Connor Joe O'Connor is a roving sports feature writer with an open-ended beat. He joined the National Post in 2002, and has spent the past seven years bouncing from sport to sport, offering fresh perspectives and delivering unique stories wherever he goes. Whether it has been getting Don Cherry to open up about his love life; George Chuvalo to talk about heartbreaking loss; or racing down the side of a mountain with former Crazy Canuck, Dave Irwin, the veteran Postie chases a story wherever it leads. Before joining the newspaper he was a two-time silver medalist at the National Magazine Awards. Vancouver will be his first Olympics.
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