BORMIO, Italy, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Ski mountaineering is ready for its Olympic debut starting with the men's and women's sprint events on Thursday. It does so in a mountain region rich with the sport's history.
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Ski mountaineering, known as SkiMo, is a sport that combines ascending up mountainous terrain and skiing back down. The condensed version, the sprint event, will feature at the Winter Games, taking around three minutes per heat.
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