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Combined may refer to: * Alpine combined (skiing), the combination of slalom and downhill skiing as a single event ** Super combined (skiing) * Nordic combined (skiing), the combination of cross country skiing and ski jumping as a single event * The Combined (Group), a criminal organization See also * * Combo (other) * Combine (other) * Combination (other) A combination is a mathematical collection of things in a context where their specific order is irrelevant. Combination, combinations, or combo may also refer to: * Combination (chess), a relatively long sequence of chess moves, involving tempora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpine Combined
Combined is an event in Alpine skiing, alpine ski racing. A traditional combined competition consists of one run of Downhill (ski competition), downhill and two runs of Slalom skiing, slalom, each discipline runs on separate days. The winner is the skier with the fastest aggregate time. (Until the 1990s, a complicated point system was used to determine placings in the combined event.) A modified version, the super combined, is a speed race (downhill or super-G) and only one run of slalom, with both portions scheduled on the same day. History The first FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, World Championships in FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1931, 1931 did not include the combined event, but it was added to the program in FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1932, 1932. Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics was not included until Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics, 1936, and the combined was the only event. The combined was one of three medal events at the next Olympics in Alp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Combined
Combined is an event in alpine ski racing. A traditional combined competition consists of one run of downhill and two runs of slalom, each discipline runs on separate days. The winner is the skier with the fastest aggregate time. (Until the 1990s, a complicated point system was used to determine placings in the combined event.) A modified version, the super combined, is a speed race (downhill or super-G) and only one run of slalom, with both portions scheduled on the same day. History The first World Championships in 1931 did not include the combined event, but it was added to the program in 1932. Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics was not included until 1936, and the combined was the only event. The combined was one of three medal events at the next Olympics in 1948, along with downhill and slalom. The combined used the results of the only downhill race with two runs of combined slalom. The regular slalom (two runs) was held the following day. With the introduction of giant ... [...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] |
The Combined (Group)
Murder, Inc. (Murder, Incorporated) was an organized crime group, active from 1929 to 1941, that acted as the enforcement arm of the National Crime Syndicatea closely connected criminal organization that included the Italian-American Mafia, the Jewish Mob, and other criminal organizations in New York City and elsewhere. Murder, Inc. was composed of Jewish and Italian-American gangsters, and members were mainly recruited from poor and working-class Jewish and Italian neighborhoods in Manhattan (primarily the Lower East Side) and Brooklyn (primarily the neighborhoods of Brownsville, East New York, and Ocean Hill). It was initially headed by Louis "Lepke" Buchalter and later by Albert "The Mad Hatter" Anastasia. Murder, Inc. was believed to be responsible for between 400 and 1,000 contract killings, until the group was exposed in 1941 by former group member Abe "Kid Twist" Reles. In the trials that followed, many members were convicted and executed, and Abe Reles himself die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combo (other)
Combo may refer to: Technology *Combo television unit, a television with either a VCR or a DVD player built into a single unit * Combo drive, a type of optical drive that can read CDs and DVDs *A guitar amplifier incorporating one or more loudspeakers in the same case as the electronics *Combo organ, a type of portable electronic organ popular in the 1960s *Combo box, a widget in computer graphics * Combo washer dryer, a combination in a single cabinet of a washing machine and a clothes dryer *Opel Combo, a van produced by Opel since 1994 Other uses *A small musical ensemble **Popular beat combo, a synonym for pop group which has become a British cliché *Combination meal, a group of menu items offered together at a lower price than they would cost individually *Combos, a brand of snack food *COMBO, or COMBO Culture Kidnapper, a French street artist *Combo (video gaming), a combination of moves used in computer games * Striking combination, a combination of strikes *T.J. Combo, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combine (other)
Combine may refer to: Machinery * Combine harvester, or combine, a machine to harvest grain crops * Combine seeder, or combine, a machine to plant seeds Company structure * Corporate group, an industrial business group in Western democracies * Combine (Soviet enterprise), an industrial business group in socialist countries, particularly the former Soviet Union Places * Combine, Texas, U.S. Sports * A sports combine, an event held by certain professional sports leagues to evaluate prospective players, such as: ** AFL Draft Combine in Australian rules football ** CFL Combine in Canadian football ** NBA Draft Combine in basketball ** NFL Scouting Combine in American football Other * Combine car, or combine, a type of railroad car which combines sections for passengers and freight * Combine painting, a type of artwork * COMBINE, a computational biology initiative * Combine (Half-Life), a fictional alien enemy force from the ''Half-Life'' video game series * The Combin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
