Xinhua News Agency, Chongli, Hebei Province, February 5 (Xinhua) --
Xinhua News Agency reporters Zhou Wanpeng and Qin Jing
The Nordic biathlon of the Beijing Winter Olympics will compete for the first day of competition at the National Ski Jumping Center and the National Cross-Country Ski Center on the 9th. As the elites of all walks of life wait, let's understand the only "pure grandfather" competition on the field of the Winter Olympics through a set of numbers.
2 - Nordic biathlon is composed of ski jumping and cross-country skiing, which require athletes to master the technical characteristics of the two events at the same time, both with the courage and technology of ski jumping, and with the physical strength and endurance of cross-country skiing.
At the first Winter Olympics from 1924 to 1924, the Nordic biathlon was included as a competition event, and has been seen as a winter Olympic event ever since.
1988 – From the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada, the Nordic 2nd Parallels added a new men's team event.
0 – Nordic biathlon is the only event at the Winter Olympics so far that no women are involved. Only because the women's event was launched late, it was not included in the Winter Olympic Games for the time being.
4 - In the individual race, for every 1 point behind the athlete in the platform jumping competition, the cross-country skiing competition will be postponed by 4 seconds, and the first athlete to reach the finish line is the champion.
1.33 - In the team competition, the departure order and interval of the first athletes of the cross-country skiing team are determined by the total score of the ski jumping team, and the departure of 1.33 seconds is delayed for each minute behind, and the second, third and fourth athletes wait in the relay area. The order in which the fourth runner arrives at the finish line determines the team's ranking, with the first arriver winning the championship.
1/3 – The cross-country skiing part of nordic biathlon takes place in the cross-country skiing area of 2.0 km or 2.5 km. The track is divided into three parts: 1/3 uphill, 1/3 flat and 1/3 downhill.
37 – From the first Winter Olympics in 1924 to the PyeongChang Olympics in 2018, the Nordic biathlon produced 37 gold medals. Norway was the king of the event, winning 13 gold medals, with Germany and Finland scoring 5 and 4 respectively.
3 - The most gold medal winners in the Winter Olympics are 4 people, namely Finland's Rajunin, Austria's Gottwald, Germany's Frenzell and Weilin, each winning three gold medals.
7 - Gottwald won a total of 7 Winter Olympic medals (3 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze), making him the most medalist in the history of the Winter Olympics. (End)