As their knees bob up and down like coiled springs, directing their skis between the small mounds of packed snow, one wonders how on earth mogul skiers’ knee joints are still intact.
“You are just falling down the mountain,” said men’s gold medallist Cooper Woods in his post-race press conference on Thursday. “Wrecking your joints the whole way.”
When done well, the moguls looks sleek and stylish. It is the ultimate flow-state sport, according to women’s gold medallist Liz ‘the Lizard’ Lemley. Athletes try to get into their rhythm, like Tigger bouncing down a mountain at around 25mph.
