Gregor Schlierenzauer of Austria soars through the air during the ski jumping World Cup competition in Zakopane, Poland.

奥地利的格里戈尔·施里伦扎厄在波兰扎科帕内的跳台滑雪世界杯比赛中腾空而起。

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You can't try ski - jumping before you learn to ski - that's standing logic on its head.

你在没有学会滑雪之前别去试滑跳台滑雪-那是不符合逻辑的。

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A landing slops is for ski jumping or ski soaring.

着陆山坡是为跳台滑雪页准备的。

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But DeMong told VOA Sports that the first time he tried ski jumping, he had to conquer something every Nordic combined skier faces - fear.

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Chappuis, the pre-event favorite, had been fifth behind leader Janne Ryynaenen of Finland after the opening ski-jumping discipline, but quickly made up lost ground.

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But the U.S. typically has been weak in Winter Olympics staples like ski jumping and cross-country skiing.

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To design the suit gold medalist Billy Demong wore in Vancouver during Nordic Combined, which involves both ski jumping and cross-country, Flanagan and his team created a digital avatar of Demong's body and used computer imaging to determine the most aerodynamic pattern for stitching the suit.

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