aerial skiing

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aerial skiing (uncountable)

  1. (skiing) A freestyle skiing discipline where athletes ski down a slope to launch themselves off a kicker (a vertically inclined ramp) and perform multiple twists and flips before landing on an inclined landing hill.
    Synonym: aerials
    • 2022 February 16, Lauren McCarthy, “After winning medals in men’s aerial skiing, a Ukrainian and a Russian athlete embrace.”, in The New York Times[1]:
      Oleksandr Abramenko of Ukraine took second in men’s aerial skiing on Wednesday, earning the country’s first medal of the Beijing Games.
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