VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Though Mother Nature provided very little help, the Olympics freestyle skiing events established themselves as a real focal point at Cypress Mountain, providing some of the most exciting moments of the Vancouver Games. But these Olympics also showed that competition is just as tough here as anywhere in the Games and that some countries are targeting them as ...

Shredding powder. Dropping off cliffs. Chasing boys down the mountain. Had they awarded gold medals for those pursuits when she was a kid, Ashleigh McIvor figures she might already have a closet full of them. Not surprisingly, then, McIvor is the first Olympic champion in women ...

Canada are eyeing success in the first ever Olympic women's ski cross Tuesday but must first get past France's Ophelie David, who has dominated the sport for many years. The host nation currently fill three of the top four places in the World Cup rankings - world champion Ashleigh McIvor, Kelsey Serwa and Julia Murray - but veteran David stands ...