What is cross-country skiing? Cross-country skiing is a winter sport where people slip in the snow – covered areas with skis and poles. This is a popular sport in countries with large, flat, snowy areas: Northern Europe, Canada, Alaska, and North Central America. Cross-country skiing is part of the springboard sports family, which includes skating rinks and a combination of cross-country skiing and Scandinavian combinations.
To win cross-country skiing, the athlete must have the least time to compete.
Classic technique – skis are placed next to each other in the snow.
The types of cross-country events at the Whistler Olympics
Olympics men and women are competing. There are unique and team events, and sport the most events, and presents one of the greatest sources of the Olympic medal. The winner of the competition is the athlete who completes the course in the least time. Competitive format explanation:
- Individual launch: Skiers use the free technique and each person starts every 30 seconds.
- Starting Mass: Each skier starts simultaneously and is in an arrow shape. The best athletes are at the hub. Skiing uses the classic technique. Pursuit : Skiers start competing as a mass start event Competition is a combination of classical technique and free techniques. In the race halfway down, skiers switch from classic style to free style, including skis and poles. 19459007
- Individual Sprint : With classical technique, the event begins with a qualifying round where the top 30 skiers in the circuit will receive the quarterfinals. This process will continue in the semi-finals and final A and B rounds. The top two skiers move up from each circle. In the final, six athletes participate in the gold medal.
- : : The team consists of two members using the free technique and skiing in six rounds in six rounds. In the semifinals, 10-15 teams will be involved in each match, the best two semi-finals in the final round. Skiers need to show the correct exchange between circles by physically touching their teammates without charging the other teams.
- Relay : The team consists of four members who carry the first two relay legs with classic technology and the last two relays are free. It starts in mass start-up and the race in this race is the same as a team sprint where athletes have to show the correct substitution among the circles by physically touching their teammates without designing the other teams.
Crossing the 2010 Whistler Olympics
at the 2010 Winter Olympics Beginning between 15 and 28 February 2010. The race is held in the brand new Whistler Olympic Park in the Callaghan Valley, 18 miles south of Whistler on the Sea to Sky highway.