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Skicross Makes Its Olympic Debut

by Howard Berkes, NPR
February 22, 2010

Skicross has been popular on the X Game circuit because it is fast and dangerous. In skicross, four skiers race shoulder to shoulder, jockeying for position, flying through the air off jumps and navigating sharp turns, all at freeway speed. Switzerland's Michael Schmid won the gold medal.

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