Editing Nordic combined (section)

== Competition ==
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Formats and variations currently used in the World Cup are:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fis-ski.com/nordic-combined/extra/faq.html|title=Nordic Combined World Cup|publisher=FIS|access-date=11 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526221801/http://www.fis-ski.com/nordic-combined/extra/faq.html|archive-date=26 May 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* Individual [[Gundersen method|Gundersen]]: competition starts with one competition jump from a normal or large hill. Later on the same day, the {{convert|10|km|mi|2|abbr=on}} cross-country race takes place. The winner starts at 00:00:00 and all other athletes start with time disadvantages according to their jumping score. The first to cross the finish line is the winner. A variation of this is the Final Individual Gundersen, consisting of two jumps and {{convert|15|km|mi|2|abbr=on}} of cross-country skiing in free technique.
*  Nordic Combined Triple: introduced in the [[2013–14 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup]], it features three different events on three days and one overall winner who is awarded extra World Cup points and prize money:
** Day 1: 1 jump & {{convert|10|km|mi|2|abbr=on}} Prologue
** Day 2: 1 jump & {{convert|15|km|mi|2|abbr=on}} Individual Gundersen (Top 50 from Day 1's competition)
** Day 3: 2 jumps & {{convert|20|km|mi|2|abbr=on}} Final Individual Gundersen (Top 30 from Day 2's competition)
* Team Event: introduced in the 1980s, one team consists of four athletes who have one competition jump each. The total score of all four athletes determines the time disadvantages for the start of the ensuing {{convert|5|km|mi|2|abbr=on}} cross-country race. The first team to cross the finish line wins.
* Team Sprint: teams consist of two athletes each. In the ski jumping part, every athlete makes one competition jump like in the Individual Gundersen or Team Event formats and the time behind for the start of the successive cross-country race. The team to arrive first at the finish line wins the competition.
* Mass Start: the only format in which the cross-country part takes place before the ski jumping. All competitors start into a {{convert|10|km|mi|2|abbr=on}} cross-country race in free technique at the same time. The final cross-country times are then converted into points for the ski jumping part. The winner is determined in a points-based system. The Nordic Combined World Cup saw the return of the mass start format in 2018, following a ten-year hiatus.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fis-ski.com/en/nordic-combined/nordic-combined-news-multimedia/news-multimedia/news/2018-19/lillehammer-tour-features-first-mass-start-in-10-years |title=Lillehammer Tour features first Mass Start in 10 years |publisher=FIS |access-date=2024-03-04}}</ref>

Included in the rules but currently not used in World Cup:
* Penalty Race: instead adding a time disadvantage, distance is added to the cross-country part.

Events in the Olympics are: the sprint K120 individual, ski jumping K90 (70m), and Team/4x5km.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nordic Combined|url=http://www.olympic.org/nordic-combined|publisher=IOC|access-date=11 November 2014}}</ref>