Winter Olympics – men’s freestyle skiing
Posted February 18, 2010 – 11:28 am in: OlympicsAlexandre Bilodeau ended Canada’s agonizing gold medal drought and became a national hero Sunday night when he took the top prize in men’s freestyle moguls.
The grueling event requires athletes navigate a maze of waist high bumps in record time and score style points on two serious mid-course jumps.
Bilodeau had been considered a possible contender to [...]
Dale Begg Smith: Mogul skiing star captures top winter sports award
Posted April 18, 2009 – 3:02 pm in: Sports And FitnessDale Begg-Smith is the Ski and Snowboard Australia Snowsports Athlete of the Year for 2004/05. The annual awards were announced at a gala dinner at the Sofitel Hotel, Melbourne, on Saturday April 30.
The competition for the premier award of the night was very tight, with Begg-Smith and aerials skier Lydia Ierodiaconou – both ranked number [...]