The sport called Nordic Combined has played in Norway for many years, it comprises the ski jumping and cross-country skiing competition of two types which require physical strength and technical control resistance.
Nordic combined individual events and was introduced in 1924 in the first competition of the Winter Olympic Games held in Chamonix - Mont Blanc.
This sport consists of three events which consist of a ski jumping competition and a cross-country race. In the Individual Gundersen event of ski jumping is run from a mountain of 90 meters and cross-country stage race is a 15km. For the team event and the Spring is in a mountain of 120 meters to the ski jumping and cross-country for a distance of 7.5km, and finally for the event of a relay team 4x5km.
To better understand these three events, a brief explanation:
Individual Gundersen
In this event, each participant must jump twice since the mountain of 90 meters, each jump is scored for length and style. After the jump should make cross-country race is 15km. The order of how to initiate the second stage depends on the first, for example in the first phase will be the first out in the second. The points obtained in the ski jumping are converted into time differences for the boot order of cross-country.
Spring:
For this event, the ski jumping competition, participants will have to just jump on a mountain of 120 meters and will have to run a race on the 7.5km cross-country, and the order for the second phase also will be determined by the results of the first. The points obtained in the ski jumping are converted into time differences for the boot order of cross-country.
Team:
The event includes teams of 4 jumpers or switches, which must perform two jumps from Motan of 90 meters. The marker is the result of the team total of 8 jumps. Competitors must also compete in a relay 4x5km. The winning team is the one whose last contestant crosses the finish line.
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