2006 Winter Olympics

Sauze d’Oulx was host to the four freestyle skiing events at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics.

There were both men’s and women’s competition in both aerials and moguls events. In moguls, the athletes ski down a slope littered with moguls, attempting to get down in as fast a time as possible while also attempting to get points for technique and their two aerial jumps during the course. The aerials events consisted of two jumps, which were judged by air, form and landing.

The Freestyle slope is still visible at Jouvenceaux, these days with a new football pitch on the top, as well as the Olympic rings a little further up the road.