US make history by winning first ever Winter Olympics mixed team aerials in freestyle skiing

The United States won the first ever mixed team aerials in freestyle skiing in Beijing. China were the favourites going into the competition, but they had to settle for silver, while Canada took bronze. Ad/> The American trio won by 14 points with Justin Schoenefeld executing their final jump to secure a points total which proved to be out of reach for the Chinese team.

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Air takes into account a skier’s takeoff from the jump, judging its power and control, as well as the height and distance travelled. The form section of scoring is all about what the athlete does when they are in the air, while the landing marks are based on how they…erm…land. Once those three elements are judged, the score is multiplied by the degree of difficulty to give a skier their total for the jump.