The men's

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was held on Tuesday, 14 February, two days after the downhill. The combined competition, as the name suggests, is a combination where the times in the downhill racing and the

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events are added. One run of downhill and two runs of slalom are used to determine overall ranking in the combined event. All three runs were held in a single day. Norway's Kjetil André Aamodt was defending Olympic champion from Salt Lake City in

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, while Benjamin Raich of Austria was the reigning world champion. Raich led the Combined standings on the World Cup entering the Olympics, followed by Michael Walchhofer (Austria) and Bode Miller ( USA) in a tie for second. Miller, the leader after the downhill portion, was disqualified in the first slalom run for straddling a gate. This left Raich in the lead going into the final run of slalom, followed by Ivica Kostelić and young American Ted Ligety. Ligety scorched the final run for the gold medal, while Raich skied out. Aamodt did not start the event after a

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injury, and Filip Trejbal had to withdraw after a spectacular crash which delayed the event for a prolonged period. These were the last

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to use the traditional

format (one downhill run and two

runs). Starting in

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, the Olympics are scheduled to switch to the "super-combined" format (one run each of downhill & slalom) for the combined event. First run on the World Cup circuit in

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at Wengen, the "super-combi" format was first used at the world championships in

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Results

The results of the men's

event in

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at the

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References

External links

Official Olympic Report
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alpine Skiing At The 2006 Winter Olympics - Men's Combined

Combined 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 * T ...