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Moseley, Pelchat take lead in Olympic freestyle
 Tae Satoya |
9:30- Start
American Jonny Moseley breezed into the men's final while Canadian Anne-Marie Pelchat was the surprise women's leader after the elimination round of the Nagano Olympic freestyle skiing moguls competition Sunday.
Moseley, the current World Cup leader with three wins in six events, posted the fastest time and the highest points in the air to amass a total score of 26.53 on the Iizuna Kogen course in Nagano.
Finland's Janne Lahtela placed second with 25.43 points, followed by compatriot Sami Mustonen in third with 25.16.
Defending Olympic and world champion Jean-Luc Brassard of Canada, second behind Moseley on World Cup points, also qualified to the 16-men finals by placing seventh place.
Japan's Gota Miura and Daigo Hara squeaked past the elimination round by finishing 15th and 16th, respectively.
In the women's competition, Pelchat, ranked only 18th in the World Cup standings with no top 10 finish in six events this season, shared the same points with 1992 Olympic champion Donna Weinbrecht of the United States with 23.35.
Pelchat placed higher due to her better showings in three of the five points elements in the moguls competition which made its Olympic debut in the 1992 Albertville Games.
Gold medal favorite Candice Gilg of France, who won the 1997 world title on the same Olympic course and current World Cup leader, made a surprise exit from the Nagano Games.
She lost balance in landing the first of two jumps and then skied out of the course at the bottom section of the course.
Tae Satoya and Aiko Uemura of Japan secured their places in the finals in 12th and 14th places.
Both men's and women's moguls finals will be held Wednesday. (Kyodo News)
Results of the freestyle skiing men's moguls elimination Sunday in the 18th Olympic Winter Games at Iizuna Kogen skiing ground in Nagano (the top 16 finishers advance to the final round):
1. Jonny Moseley, U.S. 26.53 points
2. Janne Lahtela, Finland 25.43
3. Sami Mustonen, Finland 25.16
4. Kurre Lansburgh, Sweden 25.14
5. Ryan Johnson, Canada 25.12
6. Thony Hemery, France 25.06
7. Jean-Luc Brassard , Canada 24.73
8. Stephane Rochon, Canada 24.62
9. Lauri Lassila, Finland 24.53
10. Alexander Wilson, U.S. 24.32
11. Fabrice Ougier, France 24.26
12. Julien Regnier-Lafforgue, France 24.20
13. Patrik Sundberg, Sweden 24.19
14. Jesper Ronnback, Sweden 24.16
15. Gota Miura, Japan 24.14
16. Daigo Hara, Japan 24.04
17. Dominick Gauthier, Canada 23.90
18. Yugo Tsukita, Japan 23.81
19. Armen Rafayelyan, Armenia 23.49
20. Olivier Cotte, France 23.46
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26. Alexei Bannikov, Kazakstan 20.18
30. Takehiro Sakamoto, Japan 8.68
Results of freestyle skiing women's moguls elimination Sunday in the 18th Olympic Winter Games at Iizuna Kogen, Nagano (the top 16 finishers advance to the final round):
1. Anne-Marie Pelchat, Canada 23.35 points
2. Donna Weinbrecht, U.S. 23.35
3. Tatjana Mittermayer, Germany 23.07
3. Elizabeth Mcintyre, U.S. 23.07
5. Marja Elfman, Sweden 23.03
6. Sandra Schmitt, Germany 22.63
7. Ljudmila Dymchenko, Russia 22.53
8. Kari Traa, Norway 22.51
9. Anja Bolbjerg, Denmark 22.41
10. Minna Karhu, Finland 22.39
11. Tae Satoya, Japan 22.29
12. Gabriele Rauscher, Germany 22.11
13. Aiko Uemura, Japan 21.82
14. Sara Kjellin, Sweden 21.59
15. Tami Bradley, Canada 21.28
16. Ann Battelle, U.S. 21.24
17. Elena Koroleva, Russia 20.97
18. Elena Vorona, Russia 20.54
19. Julia Milko-Tchernomorets, Belarus 20.20
20. Corinne Bodmer, Switzerland 19.93
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Copyright 1998 The Shinano Mainichi Shimbun