Sochi 2014: The Countdown Series: Freestyle Skiing Preview

Only ten days remaining until the opening ceremonies (nine until the first day of competition) at Sochi 2014. Up next on the countdown: freestyle skiing preview.

Per FIS standards, 29 countries will have at least one skier in any of the ten events in the freestyle competition at Sochi.

In the past, both the aerials and moguls have had different winners. For instance, in aerials, there have been five different winners in the men, and five in the women. Aleksey Grishin (Belarus) and Lydia Ierodiaconou Lassila (Australia) are the most recent to win the event at Vancouver 2010. There also have been six different winners in the men's moguls; the same amount in the women's moguls. Alexandre Bilodeau (Canada) and Hannah Kearney (United States) are the most recent winners of the event at Vancouver.

The ski cross made its Olympic debut at Vancouver, with both a men's and women's competition. Mike Schmid (Switzerland) and Ashleigh McIvor (Canada) were the inaugural winners of those events. At Sochi, the men's and women's halfpipe and slopestyle will make their Olympic debuts.

Overall, twelve different men and women's gold medalists in any of the freestyle events in the Olympics.

The Rosa Khutor Extreme Park (pictured, above) is the freestyle venue for Sochi.

Up next: Nordic combined preview