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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.
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.
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.
The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing are in full swing. Here is the full TV schedule for all the events across NBC's family of networks. ... Men’s Nordic Combined Skiing – Individual Large Hill ...
The new World Cup season, which starts in Austria on Oct. 23-24, does not have any combined events, and they are unlikely to return to the calendar any time soon.
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Courchevel hosted the Nordic combined events for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. The ski jumps at Utah Olympic Park hosted the ski jumping portion of the Nordic combined events for the 2002 Winter Olympics in neighboring Salt Lake City. For the Winter Olympics, there are 36 venues that have been or will be used for Nordic combined.
Combined is an event in alpine ski racing. The event format has changed within the last 30 years. A traditional combined competition is a two-day event consisting of one run of downhill and two runs of slalom; each discipline takes place on a separate day. The winner is the skier with the fastest aggregate time.