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Ayane Miyazaki
is a Japanese Nordic combined skier. She medaled silver at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics individually and also as part of the Japanese ski jumping mixed team. Early life and education Miyazaki was born on 15 September 2002 in Nozawaonsen, Nagano Prefecture. She attended Nozawaonsen Junior High School and . Career At the 2017–18 FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup, Miyazaki ranked second overall behind Russia's Stefaniya Nadymova, having placed first once, second twice, and third once across four events. In 2019, Miyazaki became the first female junior world champion after winning the normal hill/5 km event at the 2019 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships. Miyazaki represented Japan at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, medaling silver in the Nordic combined at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Girls' individual normal hill/4 km, individual normal hill/4 km event and also medaling silver as part of the Japanese team in the Ski jumping at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordic Combined
Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever 1924 Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics in 1924, while the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup has been held since 1983. Many Nordic combined competitions use the Gundersen method, where placement in the ski jumping segment results in time (dis)advantages added to the contestant's total in the cross-country skiing segment (e.g. the ski jumping winner starts the cross-country skiing race at 00:00:00 while the one with the lowest jumping score starts with the longest time penalty). History The first major competition was held in 1892 in Oslo at the first Holmenkollen ski jump. Olav V of Norway, King Olav V of Norway was an able jumper and competed in the Holmenkollen Ski Festival in the 1920s. Nordic combined was in the 1924 Winter Olympics and has been on the program ever since. Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |