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Slalom Skiing
Slalom is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline, involving skiing between poles or gates. These are spaced more closely than those in giant slalom, super-G, super giant slalom and Downhill (ski competition), downhill, necessitating quicker and shorter turns. Internationally, the sport is contested at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, and at the Olympic Winter Games. History The term slalom comes from the Morgedal/Seljord dialect of the Norwegian language, Norwegian word "slalåm": "sla", meaning "slightly inclining hillside", and "låm", meaning "track after skis". The inventors of modern skiing classified their trails according to their difficulty. ''Slalåm'' was a trail used in Telemark by boys and girls not yet able to try themselves on the more challenging runs. ''Ufsilåm'' was a trail with one obstacle (''ufse'') like a jump, a fence, a difficult turn, a gorge, a cliff (often more than high), et cetera. ''Uvyrdslåm'' was a trail with several ob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonje Sekse Norway 2011 Slalom
Tonje is a Danish, Norwegian and Swedish feminine given name that originated from Old Norse as a short form of Antona and a variant of Torny that is in use in Denmark, Greenland, Norway and Sweden. Origin It has several origins: * Norwegian dialectal variant form of Tone and Torny * Short form of Antonie (Tonja) Notable people * Tonje Angelsen (born 1990), Norwegian high jumper * Tonje Berglie (born 1992), Norwegian handball player * Tonje Enkerud (born 1994), Norwegian handball player * Tonje Hessen Schei (born 1971), Norwegian film director, producer and screenwriter. * Tonje Kjærgaard (born 1975), Danish handball player * Tonje Kristiansen (born 1967), Norwegian sailor * Tonje Larsen (born 1975), Norwegian handball player * Tonje Løseth (born 1991), Norwegian handball player * Tonje Haug Lerstad (born 1996), Norwegian handball player * Tonje Nøstvold (born 1985), Norwegian handball player * Tonje Sagstuen (born 1971), Norwegian handball player * Tonje Strøm (1937 â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
