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A combined traditionally consists of one run of Downhill and two runs of Slalom , in that order, although recently the International Ski Federation (FIS) has introduced the ''super combined'' (or "super combi"), consisting of just a single run of slalom (which may be run first) and either a shortened downhill run or a super G run. In either type of combined event, the winner is the skier with the fastest aggregate time for both portions of the race. Alpine Skiing made its first appearance in the 1936 Winter Olympics as a combined event. In the , 2005 , in Wengen , Switzerland ; Benjamin Raich of Austria was the winner. The first women's race in the new format was run in San Sicario , Italy , on February 27 , 2005 and won by Croatia 's Janica Kostelić . The next season, the 2005-06 World Cup calendar included, on the men's side, three super combis and just one traditional combined race, while the women raced two super combis and no traditional combineds. (Kostelić has won all three World Cup super combis held so far.) The FIS has announced its intention to begin awarding a fifth discipline-champion "crystal globe" to the points winner of combined races in each World Cup season beginning with the 2006-07 Edition , which includes five combined races for each gender. {Link without Title} Nine out of the ten scheduled combineds use the new super combi format. SEE ALSO |
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