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A modified version, the super combined or Alpine combined, is a speed race (downhill or super-G) and only one run of slalom, with both portions scheduled on the same day. Because slalom courses generally become slower after the first racers, recent changes to the super combined or Alpine combined events have the fastest racers from the speed ...
Para-alpine skiing disciplines include the downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, super combined, and snowboard. Para-alpine skiing classification is the classification system for para-alpine skiing designed to ensure fair competition between alpine skiers with different types of disabilities.
Men's super combined at the XIII Paralympic Winter Games Paralympic alpine skiing Venue Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre Dates 7 March 2022 ← 2018 2026 → Men's super combined (visually impaired) at the XIII Paralympic Winter Games Competitors 11 from 8 nations Medalists Giacomo Bertagnolli Italy Johannes Aigner Austria Neil Simpson Great Britain Men's super combined (standing) at the ...
One major change in this event for the 2010 Olympics was the switch from a traditional dedicated "combined" (K), taking place over one or two days and involving a downhill run and two slalom runs (as the combined had been since its reintroduction to the Olympics in 1988), to a one-day "super combined" (SC), consisting of a downhill run in the ...
Slovenia's Andrej Šporn at the 2010 Winter Olympics downhill in a typical downhill body position. Downhill is a form of alpine skiing competition. Whereas the other alpine skiing events (slalom, giant slalom, super giant slalom, and combined) emphasize turning and technique, downhill emphasizes "the six components of technique, courage, speed, risk, physical condition and judgement ...
Men's super combined at the XII Paralympic Winter Games Paralympic alpine skiing Venue Jeongseon Alpine Centre, South Korea Dates 13 March 2018 Competitors 75 from 26 nations ← 2014 2022 → Men's super combined (visually impaired) at the XII Paralympic Winter Games Competitors 13 from 9 nations Medalists Miroslav Haraus Guide: Maroš Hudík Slovakia Jon Santacana Maiztegui Guide: Miguel ...
The Men's combined competition in the 2016 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved three events that combined a one-run speed race (downhill (generally referred to as a "super-combined") or Super-G (generally referred to as an "Alpine combined")) with a one-run slalom. Under the rules in effect at the time, three races in the discipline were ...
Paralympic alpine skiing has been competed at the Winter Paralympic Games since they were first held in 1976. Events include men's and women's downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, and combined. Since the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, a three-category system is used. The three categories are: sitting, standing, and visually impaired. [1] [2]