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.