Definitions

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  • noun skiing A tournament-style downhill speed skiing competition

Etymologies

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From skier +‎ cross, by analogy with the snowboarding competition of board cross

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Examples

  • Simi Hamilton, a 22-year-old college student, was completely surprised to win an Olympic spot on the cross-country team in January, and then there is Olympic veteran Casey Puckett, who will attend his fifth Winter Games this year but will compete in skiercross, which is on the Olympic calendar for the first time.

    Aspen Times - Top Stories Nate Peterson 2010

  • Simi Hamilton, a 22-year-old college student, was completely surprised to win an Olympic spot on the cross-country team in January, and then there is Olympic veteran Casey Puckett, who will attend his fifth Winter Games this year but will compete in skiercross, which is on the Olympic calendar for the first time.

    Aspen Times - Top Stories 2010

  • Simi Hamilton, a 22-year-old college student, was completely surprised to win an Olympic spot on the cross-country team in January, and then there is Olympic veteran Casey Puckett, who will attend his fifth Winter Games this year but will compete in skiercross, which is on the Olympic calendar for the first time.

    Aspen Times - Top Stories Nate Peterson and Jon Maletz Aspen Times Weekly As 2010

  • Simi Hamilton, a 22-year-old college student, was completely surprised to win an Olympic spot on the cross-country team in January, and then there is Olympic veteran Casey Puckett, who will attend his fifth Winter Games this year but will compete in skiercross, which is on the Olympic calendar for the first time.

    Aspen Times - Top Stories Nate Peterson 2010

  • "We're trying to remake the image of cross-country," says Colin Bell, organizer of North America's first big "Nordic skiercross" event, in Calgary on April 2.

    SKIERS: CROSS-COUNTRY CROSSES OVER 2007

  • On Wednesday, gendarmes and investigators detained Patrice Ciprelli, Longo's husband and trainer, and a friend, Michel Lucatelli, the director of the French national skiercross team, French law enforcement officials said.

    NYT > Home Page By SCOTT SAYARE 2012

  • "I don't know 2,000 people," said Kerr, who was born in New York, and grew up racing motorbikes and skis in Truckee, but competes in skiercross for Jamaica, a tie that comes from his late Jamaican-born father.

    Sierra Sun - Top Stories By Nate Peterson 2010

  • Hours later, after his qualifying runs for the inaugural Olympic men's skiercross at Cypress Mountain, Kerr checked his page and found 2,000 new messages.

    Sierra Sun - Top Stories By Nate Peterson 2010

  • "I don't know 2,000 people," said Kerr, who was born in New York, and grew up racing motorbikes and skis in Truckee, but competes in skiercross for Jamaica, a tie that comes from his late Jamaican-born father.

    Sierra Sun - Top Stories By Nate Peterson 2010

  • Hours later, after his qualifying runs for the inaugural Olympic men's skiercross at Cypress Mountain, Kerr checked his page and found 2,000 new messages.

    Sierra Sun - Top Stories By Nate Peterson 2010

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