Did anyone see the men's moguls?

[FourScore]

Can anyone explain to me why Colas did not place higher than 6th place? He was the fastest, he looked tight. I understand his jumps weren't his personal best, but they were still better than 6th place. What happened?

[Pithlet]

1. The commenters mentioned that he messed up on one of his jumps.

He didn't grab his skis like he was supposed to. I also noticed when he first came out that his legs came apart at one point. I think they're supposed to keep their knees tight and together when they're coming down the moguls. When the competition is as tight as it is, those little mistakes can make a big difference. But I'm not this big expert on it or anything. I'm only going based on what they said. I could tell by the way he was standing there waiting for his score that he didn't expect to win, though. He knew he'd messed that jump up.

[FourScore]

4. I didn't think he'd win first. But I thought he'd get 2nd or 3rd.

The jumps only count for 25% and the rest of his run looked good. I thought he looked shocked by his score.

:shrug:

I'm glad the Canadian won. I just thought it was odd.

[Pithlet]

6. I thought it would be 2nd or 3rd, too.

I think it's just a matter of how tight the competition is. There were just so many runs that were so good. The commenters didn't mention the legs coming apart in the beginning, but I saw it. It happened so fast that if you blinked you might have missed it because he was really flying, but he came a little unglued just at the beginning. His leg just kind of skipped off. There were just too many runs where they smoked their jumps and their runs were tight.

[LostInAnomie]

2. Any sport where 25% of your score is based on judging...

... is bound to have unexpected outcomes.

[fishwax]

3. they took his score down so quickly that I couldn't see what his turns scored

That was a bit irritating.

Here are the results with complete scores, though: http://www.nbcolympics.com/freestyle-skiing/resultsandschedules/event=FRM020000/phase=FRM020101/index.html

Looks like he scored about a full point lower on the jumps than the medal winners, and his speed (which only counts 25%) wasn't enough of a cushion to make up for that.

[FourScore]

5. didn't seem right.

Thanks for the link. :hi: