Meanings of nordic combined in English

The Nordic combined events at Sochi, however, will only be contested by men.

Spillane's silver was the first U.S. Olympic medal in the Nordic Combined event.

Nordic Combined involves both ski jumping and cross country racing.

Both Norwegians won in cross-country and Nordic combined.

He is also due to compete in the Long Hill Nordic Combined, training for which begins on February19.

Gottwald won an individual Nordic Combined gold in 2006, when he and Stecher were also in the winning team.

Nordic Combined gold medalist Bill Demong said the attitude of the entire U.S. Olympic Team is far different from Nagano.

It was the first time Germany had won a gold medal in the Large Hill version of the Nordic Combined.

The idea of the demoralized and underfunded U.S. team ever succeeding at Nordic Combined once seemed like a sad joke.

The U.S. skiers were confident after last week's individual normal hill Nordic Combined race, where they finished second, fourth and sixth.

Demong is encouraged by the increasing popularity of Nordic Combined, which used to be one of the most obscure winter sports.

They wanted to hold this competition regardless of what happened, Nicolas Michaud, head of the French Nordic Combined team, told Reuters.

Things perked up for U.S. viewers Sunday after Johnny Spillane won the first-ever U.S. medal in the sport of Nordic combined.

Jason Lamy Chappuis won France's second gold after a scintillating sprint finish in the Nordic Combined individual normal hill cross country event.

The United States has never won a Nordic Combined medal at the Olympics and is confident of making the podium this year.

The Nordic combined event comprises a ski jump from the normal hill and a 10 kilometer cross country race the same day.