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What changes the result

The rules behind the moments commentators get excited about. They build on the beginner rules.

I · Intermediate · 4 rules · Step 2 of 4

The events

  1. What is the alpine combined?The alpine combined adds a downhill or super-G run to one slalom run.
  2. How does a parallel ski race work?In a parallel race two racers go side by side down matching red and blue courses.

The race

  1. How is the starting order decided in ski racing?The best 15 racers by FIS points draw their start numbers among themselves; the rest start in order of their points, and those without points go last.

Penalties, equipment and officials

  1. What gets a ski racer disqualified?A racer is disqualified for missing a gate, starting outside the time allowed, racing under false pretences or endangering people.
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