The nordic combined

Nordic combined

The Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping.- History :While Norwegian soldiers are known to have been competing in Nordic skiing since the 19th century, the first major competition in Nordic combined was held in 1892 in Oslo at the...

competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...

was held at Whistler Olympic Park

Whistler Olympic Park

The Whistler Olympic Park is the location of the Nordic events facilities for the 2010 Winter Olympics and is located in the Madeley Creek basin in the Callaghan Valley, west of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The facility hosted the biathlon, cross-country skiing, nordic combined, and ski...

. The events were held between 14 and 25 February 2010. Sprint and individual Gundersen events of 7.5 km and 15 km events were replaced by two 10 km individual events with one jump each from the normal and large hills respectively. Team event went from two jumps down for one jump per team member. This was done during the 2008-09 Nordic Combined World Cup season and was also applied to the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec

Liberec

Liberec is a city in the Czech Republic. Located on the Lusatian Neisse and surrounded by the Jizera Mountains and Ještěd-Kozákov Ridge, it is the fifth-largest city in the Czech Republic....

, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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Medal table

1		1	3	0	4
2		1	0	1	2
3		1	0	0	1
4		0	0	1	1
4		0	0	1	1
	Total	3	3	3	9

Events

Three nordic combined events were held in Vancouver 2010 (all participants are men):

Individual large hill/10 km		25:32.9		25:36.9		25:43.7
Individual normal hill/10 km		25:47.1	|25:47.5		25:47.9
Team large hill/4 x 5 km	Bernhard Gruber Bernhard Gruber Bernhard Gruber is an Austrian Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2000. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he won a gold in the 4 x 5 km team and a bronze in the 10 km individual large hill events.... Felix Gottwald Felix Gottwald Felix Gottwald is an Austrian Nordic combined athlete who competed from 1994 to 2007 and then returned to compete in 2009... Mario Stecher Mario Stecher Mario Stecher is an Austrian Nordic combined skier who has competed since 1994. Competing in five Winter Olympics, he won three medals in the 4 x 5 km team event with two golds and a bronze... David Kreiner David Kreiner David Kreiner is an Austrian Nordic combined skier who has competed since 1998. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he won gold in the 4 x 5 team event....	49:31.6	Brett Camerota Brett Camerota Brett Camerota is an American Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2002.Camerota was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and currently residing in Park City, Utah... Todd Lodwick Todd Lodwick Todd Lodwick is an American nordic combined skier and by several measures the most successful North American in this sport ever... Johnny Spillane Bill Demong Bill Demong Bill Demong is an American Nordic combined skier and Olympic gold medalist. Demong is a four-time Olympian competing in Nagano, Salt Lake City, Torino and Vancouver.-Career:...	49:36.8	Johannes Rydzek Johannes Rydzek Johannes Rydzek is a German nordic combined skier who has competed since 2006. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.... Tino Edelmann Tino Edelmann Tino Edelmann is a German Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2001. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.... Eric Frenzel Eric Frenzel Eric Frenzel is a German Nordic combined skier who has been competing since 2000... Björn Kircheisen Björn Kircheisen Björn Kircheisen is a nordic combined athlete from Germany who has competed since 2000...	49:51.1

Competition Schedule

All times are Pacific Standard Time

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Day	Date	Start	Finish	Event
Day 3	Sunday 2010-02-14	10:00	10:50	Individual Normal Hill
		13:45	14:20	Individual 10 km
Day 12	Tuesday 2010-02-23	10:00	10:45	Team Large Hill
		13:00	14:00	Team Relay
Day 14	Thursday 2010-02-25	10:00	10:50	Individual Large Hill
		13:00	13:35	Individual 10 km

Qualification

For the three events, there are a maximum 55 athletes allowed to compete. No nation can have more than five skiers. For each event, no nation can enter more than four skiers per nation per individual event or one team per nation per relay race.

Host nation Canada is expected to enter skiers in all events. If no skier meets the qualification standards, they can enter one skier per event.

Quota allocation per nation was based on the World Ranking List (WRL) based on Nordic Combined World Cup

Nordic combined World Cup

The FIS Nordic Combined World Cup is a Nordic combined competition organized yearly by FIS, representing the highest level in international competition for this sport. It was first arranged for the 1983–84 season.- Season-by-season statistics :...

 and Grand Prix points, followed by Continental Cup Standings from the 2008-09 and 2009-10 Nordic Combined World Cup. This was be made by assigning one quota slot per skier from the top of the standings downwards until the maximum five slots have been reached, including host nation Canada. When 50 slots are reached in an event where less than ten nations have a minimum of four skiers allocated slot (and the nationa is entered in the team event), the next nation with three skiers will be given a fourth slot until ten nations can compete in the team event. Any open quota slots will be allocated until the maximum 55 skiers can be reached, including host nation Canada. This process started on 18 January 2010 and will run until 28 January 2010. Deadline to VANOC is 1 February 2010.

If a skier from a nation selected for an event cannot compete due to injury

Injury

-By cause:*Traumatic injury, a body wound or shock produced by sudden physical injury, as from violence or accident*Other injuries from external physical causes, such as radiation injury, burn injury or frostbite*Injury from infection...

 or force majeure

Force majeure

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 prior to the start of the first event based on quota allocation, a replacement can be used once the removed skier surrenders their accreditation

Accreditation

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prior to their replacement can be accredited.

Participating nations

A quota list was released by the FIS on 18 January 2010.

14 countries participated, with number of athletes in parenthesis.