The men's combined competition of the
2014 Winter Olympics
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ...
in
Sochi
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was held on Friday, 14 February, at
Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort
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near
Krasnaya Polyana
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Modern localities Amur Oblast
As of 2012, one rural locality in Amur Oblast bears this name:
* Krasnaya Polyana, Amur Oblast, a '' selo'' in Tomsky R ...
,
Russia
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.
Summary
The downhill course started at an elevation of ; it was in length with a vertical drop of . The slalom started at with a vertical drop of and 62 gates.
The downhill was started at 10:00 and the slalom at 15:30. Due to warm temperatures, the downhill was moved up an hour from 11:00, but temperatures were still above freezing in the starting gate. In the afternoon, the temperature at the slalom's starting gate was .
The gold medalist was
Sandro Viletta
Sandro Viletta (born 23 January 1986) is a Swiss former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist.
From the village of La Punt Chamues-ch, near St. Moritz in the canton of Graubünden, he made his World Cup debut in November 200 ...
of
Switzerland
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, who had just one
World Cup
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podium finish, a victory in
super-G
Super giant slalom, or super-G, is a racing discipline of alpine skiing. Along with the faster downhill, it is regarded as a "speed" event, in contrast to the technical events giant slalom and slalom. It debuted as an official World Cup event ...
.
Ivica Kostelić
Ivica Kostelić (; born 23 November 1979) is a Croatian former alpine ski racer. He specialized in slalom and combined, but was also one of the few alpine World Cup ski racers able to score points in all disciplines. He is the brother of skiin ...
of Croatia won the silver medal, already the fourth one in his career (three of them in combined).
Christof Innerhofer
Christof Innerhofer (born 17 December 1984) is an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer, the 2011 world champion in super-G. in all five alpine disciplines and specializes in the speed events of downhill
Biography
Born in Bruneck, Innerhofer li ...
of Italy, the 2014 downhill silver medalist, won bronze.
Results
The downhill race was started at 11:00 and the slalom race at 15:00.
Final Results
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References
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