PHOTOS: Women’s Freestyle Skiing Aerials at 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics
February 14, 2014
Lydia Lassila of Australia competes in the Freestyle Skiing Ladies' Aerials Qualification on day seven of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 14, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) ( 469340499 )
US Ashley Caldwell competes in the Women's Freestyle Skiing Aerials finals at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 14, 2014. (FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images) ( 527076518 )
Belarus' Hanna Huskova (27) takes a warm up run before the Women's Freestyle Skiing Aerials Qualifications at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 14, 2014. (FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images) ( 527061050 )
Brazil's Joselane Santos cries after her jump during the women's freestyle skiing aerials qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women )
Belarus aerials coaching staff celebrate in the Women's Freestyle Skiing Aerials finals at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 14, 2014. Belarus' Alla Tsuper won the Gold Medal. (FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images) ( 527078670 )
(L-R) Silver Medallist, China's Xu Mengtao; Gold Medallist, Belarus' Alla Tsuper; and Bronze Medallist, Australia's Lydia Lassila celebrate at the Women's Freestyle Skiing Aerials Flower Ceremony at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 14, 2014. (JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images) ( 527079024 )
Australia's Danielle Scott jumps during women's freestyle skiing aerials training at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Greg Baker) ( Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing )
China's Cheng Shuang watches her score at the Women's Freestyle Skiing Aerials finals at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 14, 2014. (JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images) ( 527076756 )
China's Xu Mengtao lands from her final jump in the women's freestyle skiing aerials final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women )
A freestyle skier jumps during women's freestyle skiing aerials training at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing )
Alla Tsuper, of Belarus, competes during the women's freestyle skiing aerials final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Tsuper won the gold medal. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ( Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women )
Russia's Assoli Slivets jumps during the women's freestyle skiing aerials qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women )
Australia's Lydia Lassila jumps during women's freestyle skiing aerials training at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Greg Baker) ( Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing )
China's Li Nina watches the results in the Women's Freestyle Skiing Aerials finals at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 14, 2014. (JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images) ( 527079924 )
Russia's Assoli Slivets takes a warm-up run before the start of the Women's Freestyle Skiing Aerials Qualifications at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 14, 2014. (FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images) ( 527067629 )
Women's freestyle skiing aerials gold medalist Alla Tsuper(13), of Belarus, is hugged by bronze medalist Lydia Lassila, of Australia, at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ( Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women )
Russia's Assoil Slivets lands from a jump during the women's freestyle skiing aerials qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women )
Alla Tsuper, of Belarus, competes during the women's freestyle skiing aerials qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women )
China's Cheng Shuang jumps during women's freestyle skiing aerials training at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Greg Baker) ( Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing )
Russia's Assoli Slivets reacts after a jump during the women's freestyle skiing aerials qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women )
United States' Ashley Caldwell gets emotional as she talks with head aerial coach Todd Ossian, not pictured, after the women's freestyle skiing aerials final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Caldwell was eliminated after the final 1. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ( Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women )
Gold medalist Alla Tsuper, of Belarus, poses with a Belarusian flag after a flower ceremony for the women's freestyle skiing aerials final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ( Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women )
Alla Tsuper of Belarus launches off the ramp for her final jump in the women's freestyle skiing aerials final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women )
Course workers prepare the surface of a jump before the start of the women's freestyle skiing aerials qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women )
China's Xu Mengtao makes her silver medal winning jump during the women's freestyle skiing aerials final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.(AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women )
Ashley Caldwell of the United States reacts after a jump during the women's freestyle skiing aerials qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women )
China's Li Nina crashes on her final jump during the women's freestyle skiing aerials final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women )
Russia's Veronika Korsunova wears a heart on her cheek during the women's freestyle skiing aerials qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, on Valentines Day, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women )
China's Li Nina smiles after a jump during the women's freestyle skiing aerials qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women )
Ashley Caldwell of the United States jumps during women's freestyle skiing aerials training at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ( Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women )
China's Xu Mengtao jumps during a women's freestyle skiing aerials qualifying round at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ( Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women )
Australia's Lydia Lassila competes during the women's freestyle skiing aerials final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Lassila won the bronze medal. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ( Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women )
Australia's Laura Peel competes in the Women's Freestyle Skiing Aerials finals at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 14, 2014. (FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images) ( 527075182 )
Brazil's Joselane Santos competes in the Women's Freestyle Skiing Aerials Qualifications at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 14, 2014. (JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images) ( 527063136 )
Russia's Alexandra Orlova competes in the Women's Freestyle Skiing Aerials Qualifications at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 14, 2014. (FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images) ( 527064204 )
Australia's Samantha Wells catches air during a training session for the women's freestyle skiing aerials at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women )
Ukraine's Anastasiya Novosad competes in the Women's Freestyle Skiing Aerials Qualifications at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 14, 2014. (JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images) ( 527062081 )
Russia's Alexandra Orlova jumps during women's freestyle skiing aerials training at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Greg Baker) ( Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing )
Australia's Lydia Lassila crashes on her final jump in the women's freestyle skiing aerials final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women )
Russia's Assoli Slivets competes in the Women's Freestyle Skiing Aerials finals at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 14, 2014. (JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images) ( 527076840 )
Dry ice is prepared for use on the surface of the jumps bedore the start of the women's freestyle skiing aerials qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women )
Kazakstan's Zhanbota Aldabergenova jumps during the women's freestyle skiing aerials qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women )
US Emily Cook competes in the Women's Freestyle Skiing Aerials Qualifications at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 14, 2014. (JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images) ( 527061866 )
Russia's Veronika Korsunova hugs a member of the Russian tean after advancing in the Women's Freestyle Skiing Aerials Qualifications at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 14, 2014. (JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images) ( 527063770 )
Kazakhstan's Zhibek Arapbayeva competes in the Women's Freestyle Skiing Aerials Qualifications at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 14, 2014. (FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images) ( 527065394 )
Russia's Alexandra Orlova competes in the Women's Freestyle Skiing Aerials Qualifications at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 14, 2014. (JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images) ( 527066360 )
(L-R) Bronze Medallist, Australia's Lydia Lassila; Gold Medallist, Belarus' Alla Tsuper; and Silver Medallist, China's Xu Mengtao celebrate at the Women's Freestyle Skiing Aerials Flower Ceremony at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 14, 2014. (FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images) ( 527080001 )
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