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2. Category:Cross-country skiing - Wikipedia

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   Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Cross-country skiing" ... Book Across the Bay; F.

3. Cross-country skiing trail - Wikipedia

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   Recreational cross-country trail in Tyrol, groomed for classic skiing only. A cross-country skiing trail or loipe [note 1] [1] [2] is a route that has been laid out, constructed and maintained specifically for cross-country skiing. Trails may extend point-to-point, but are more typically loops for recreational use or for competition. Until the ...

4. Cross-country skiing (sport) - Wikipedia

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   Alpine skiing competitions (known as hill races) existed in Norway during the 18th and 19th centuries, but were discontinued when the main ski festival in Oslo focused on long races (competitive cross-country skiing) and ski jumping (now known as the Nordic disciplines). The alpine disciplines reemerged in Central Europe around 1920.

5. Cross-country skiing - Wikipedia

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   Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreational activity; however, some still use it as a means of travel. Variants of cross-country skiing are adapted to a range of terrain which spans unimproved, sometimes mountainous terrain to groomed courses that are specifically designed for the sport.

6. Nordic skiing - Wikipedia

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   Olympic events are competitive cross-country skiing, ski jumping and Nordic combined — an event combining cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships host these sports every odd-numbered year, [ 2 ] but there are also separate championships in other events, such as Telemark skiing [ 3 ] and ski flying .

7. Outline of skiing - Wikipedia

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   The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to skiing: Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding. Terrain park feature for the daring

8. Ski orienteering - Wikipedia

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   Ski orienteering (SkiO) is a cross-country skiing endurance winter racing sport and one of the four orienteering disciplines recognized by the IOF.A successful ski orienteer combines high physical endurance, strength and excellent technical skiing skills with the ability to navigate and make the best route choices while skiing at a high speed.

9. Gundersen method - Wikipedia

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   The Gundersen method is a method in the Nordic combined developed by Gunder Gundersen, a Nordic combined athlete from Norway, that was first used in the 1980s.In it, the ski jumping portion comes first, and points in the ski jump determine when individuals start the cross-country skiing portion, which is a pursuit race, so that whoever crosses the finish line first wins the competition.