Winter sport combining the events of cross-country skiing and ski jumping.
1The Nordic combined events at Sochi, however, will only be contested by men.
2Spillane's silver was the first U.S. Olympic medal in the Nordic Combined event.
3Nordic Combined involves both ski jumping and cross country racing.
4Both Norwegians won in cross-country and Nordic combined.
5He is also due to compete in the Long Hill Nordic Combined, training for which begins on February19.
6Gottwald won an individual Nordic Combined gold in 2006, when he and Stecher were also in the winning team.
7Nordic Combined gold medalist Bill Demong said the attitude of the entire U.S. Olympic Team is far different from Nagano.
8It was the first time Germany had won a gold medal in the Large Hill version of the Nordic Combined.
9The idea of the demoralized and underfunded U.S. team ever succeeding at Nordic Combined once seemed like a sad joke.
10The U.S. skiers were confident after last week's individual normal hill Nordic Combined race, where they finished second, fourth and sixth.
11Demong is encouraged by the increasing popularity of Nordic Combined, which used to be one of the most obscure winter sports.
12They wanted to hold this competition regardless of what happened, Nicolas Michaud, head of the French Nordic Combined team, told Reuters.
13Things perked up for U.S. viewers Sunday after Johnny Spillane won the first-ever U.S. medal in the sport of Nordic combined.
14Jason Lamy Chappuis won France's second gold after a scintillating sprint finish in the Nordic Combined individual normal hill cross country event.
15The United States has never won a Nordic Combined medal at the Olympics and is confident of making the podium this year.
16The Nordic combined event comprises a ski jump from the normal hill and a 10 kilometer cross country race the same day.
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