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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 ...
The Points List is calculated by taking the average of five best event results for technical events (giant slalom and slalom) and two best results for speed events (downhill, super G, and super combined). To compete in giant slalom or slalom an athlete must have a point average of less than 120 in those disciplines.
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 ...
“It is definitely a shame for me,” Schwarz said about the possible removal of the event, which combines a downhill or super-G run with a slalom run. ‘Looking ugly’: Why skiing might ditch ...
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 ...
Like any long-standing sport, alpine skiing had a tough time adjusting to a talented young star known for breaking with tradition. And at his young age, the attention was a lot for Braathen to handle.
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 ...