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2. Kikkan Randall - Wikipedia

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   Kikkan Randall (born December 31, 1982) is an American Olympic champion cross-country skier.She has won 17 U.S. National titles, made 29 podiums on the World Cup, made five trips to the Winter Olympic Games and had the highest finish by an individual American woman at the World Championships, second in the Sprint in Liberec in 2009. [1]

3. Skiing - Wikipedia

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   The Nordic disciplines include cross-country skiing and ski jumping, which both use bindings that attach at the toes of the skier's boots but not at the heels. Cross-country skiing may be practiced on groomed trails or in undeveloped backcountry areas. Ski jumping is practiced in certain areas that are reserved exclusively for ski jumping.

4. Cross-country skiing (sport) - Wikipedia

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   Related forms of competition are biathlon, where competitors race on cross-country skis and stop to shoot at targets with rifles, and paralympic cross-country skiing that allows athletes with disabilities to compete at cross-country skiing with adaptive equipment. Norwegian army units were skiing for sport (and prizes) in the 18th century ...

5. Nordic skiing - Wikipedia

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   Biathlon combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting, but is not included as a Nordic discipline under the rules of the International Ski Federation (FIS). Instead, it comes under the jurisdiction of the International Biathlon Union. [4] The biomechanics of competitive cross-country skiing and ski jumping have been the subject of serious ...

6. Cross-country skiing at the Winter Youth Olympics - Wikipedia

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   Cross-country skiing was inducted at the Youth Olympic Games at the inaugural edition in 2012. Medal summaries. Boys' 10 kilometres. Games Gold Silver Bronze ...

7. FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships - Wikipedia

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   1986: First with 30 km (men) and 15 km (women) in cross-country skiing / First with ski jumping team event; 2000: First with a sprint in cross-country skiing / First with sprint (5 km) in Nordic combined; 2006: First with ski jumping for women / First with under-23 events; 2008: Originally scheduled in Szczyrk and Wisła

8. Bill Koch (skier) - Wikipedia

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   Afterward, he popularized a new cross-country skiing technique that resembled ice skating on skis, now known as the skate skiing technique. Races that allow skate skiing are called freestyle races because they allow skiers to use either skate skiing or classic technique. [7] In 1982 he was crowned the cross-country skiing overall World Cup ...

9. 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.