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Nordic combined is one of the sports featured at the Winter Youth Olympics. It has been part of the games since the inaugural edition in 2012. Nordic combined skier also competed in mixed team ski jumping event at the 2012 Games. Ski jumpers competed in the Nordic mixed team event at the 2016 and 2020 Games.
Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics was not included until 1936, and the combined was the only event. The combined was one of three medal events at the next Olympics in 1948, along with downhill and slalom. The combined used the results of the only downhill race with two runs of combined slalom.
1.2.4 Alpine combined. 1.3 Mixed events. 1.3.1 Parallel team event. 2 Medal table. ... Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics; Alpine skiing at the Winter Paralympics ...
Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first Winter Olympics in 1924 , while the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup has been held since 1983.
The cross-country skiing technique would switch from classical to freestyle for all competitions beginning in 1985. At the 1988 Winter Olympics the Gundersen method was adopted, meaning the 15 km cross country portion would go from an interval start race to a pursuit race, so that whoever crossed the finish line first won the event.
Alpine skiing has been contested at every Winter Olympics since 1936, when a combined event was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. From 1948 to 1980 , the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships in Olympic years, with separate competitions held in even-numbered non-Olympic years.
Nordic combined – A combination of cross-country skiing and ski jumping, this discipline is contested at the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup, the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (odd-numbered years only), and at the Winter Olympics. Alpine skiing – Includes downhill, slalom, giant slalom, super giant slalom (super-G), and para-alpine events
The boys' combined competition of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics was held at the Les Diablerets Alpine Centre, Switzerland, on Friday, 10 January (Super-G) and Saturday, 11 January (slalom). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The results of the Super-G competition will be counted towards the combined result.