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15:00, 12-Feb-2018
Winter Sports 101: Cross-country skiing
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The oldest type of skiing, cross-country skiing is about gliding across a snow-covered field on skis in the shortest possible time. The course is composed of three equal segments of uphill, level, and downhill fields and athletes must use classic or skate skiing techniques.
Cross-country skiing emerged from a need to travel over snow-covered terrain, and it was developed as a sport at the end of the 19th century. The men’s event debuted in the first Winter Olympic Games in Chamonix in 1924, and the women’s event was accepted into the Winter Olympics at the 1952 Oslo Games.
A total of 12 events divided equally into six each for men and women are awarded at the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games. Norway’s Simen Hegstad Krueger won gold in the men's 15km + 15km skiathlon event in the time of 1:16.20.0 on Sunday.