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nordic skiing
Sign in to savetype of skiing that came out of the hilly terrain of Norway and the other Scandinavian countries, including cross-country skiing and ski jumping
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Vinony's link graph records 735 inbound references to nordic skiing, and connects out to snowboarding, cross-country skiing and gondola lift.
It is catalogued under the topic Nordic skiing.
Vinony links it to 43 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Type
- outdoors
- Equipment
- skis, skipoles
- Olympic
- 1924 – present
- Paralympic
- 1976 – present
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Combined nordic.png
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- Commons category
- Nordic skiing
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Encyclopedic overview
Nordic skiing encompasses the various types of skiing in which the toe of the ski boot is fixed to the binding in a manner that allows the heel to rise off the ski, unlike alpine skiing, where the boot is attached to the ski from toe to heel. Recreational disciplines include cross-country skiing and Telemark skiing.
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, but there are also separate championships in other events, such as Telemark skiing and ski flying. 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “nordic skiing” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.