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Cross Country Skiing
A Brief Overview:
Generally the terrain
covered in a race is one third uphill, one third downhill and one third
rolling. The objective is to cover the course in the shortest amount of
time.
In individual events,
the skiers start at 30 second intervals and race against the clock. If
a skier comes up to a fellow competitor, the skier coming from behind‹being
the faster one‹has the right of way. In the relay events, the first skiers
from all the countries' teams line up for a mass start.
Each event is designated
as either classic, which means that skiers must use the traditional diagonal
stride, or free technique, which means that skiers can use any technique,
but generally the ski skating technique is used.
In the pursuit start,
a two-part event, skiers participate in the first event and the top three
skiers win medals. All skiers also receive placings according to their
times.
For the second race
the winner of the first race starts and the other skiers follow at intervals
based on their respective times behind the winner from the first day's
race. the skier with the fastest aggregate time is the winner.
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