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    4 SKIERS TO REPRESENT ARMENIA AT WINTER OLYMPICS ANNOUNCED

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    22.01.2010 19:31 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ At Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Repeated RA champion
    Arsen Nersisyan and Ani Serebryakyan, who recently joined Armenian
    team, will represent Armenia at downhill skiing championship.

    As Armenian Skiing Federation Secretary General Gagik Sargsyan told
    PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, skiing championship will host 17-year-old
    Sergey Mikayelyan, who recently won Armenian champion~Rs title and
    Kristine Khachatryan, who won participation in Olympics, having
    scored the highest points in accordance with FIS (International Ski
    Federation) rating.

    Cross-country skiing (commonly abbreviated XC skiing) is a winter sport
    in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain
    using skis and poles. It is popular in many countries with large
    snowfields, primarily Northern Europe, Canada, Alaska and the upper
    midwest United States. Skiing can also be done indoor in ski tunnels.

    Cross-country skiing is part of the Nordic skiing sport family, which
    also includes ski jumping, and a combination sport of cross-country
    skiing and ski jumping called Nordic combined. Free-technique
    cross-country skiing is also the method of locomotion in the
    combination sport of Biathlon, which adds rifle marksmanship to
    skiing. Another combination sport is ski-orienteering, which adds
    the skill of map navigation along snow trails and tracks.

    Related sports are Backcountry skiing and Telemark skiing. The Ski
    touring article provides an overview of different ski styles and
    techniques.
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