Skiing - Skicross - Men's Tickets

The men's skicross is one of the newest and certainly most exciting new events to join the Winter Olympic games. The sport is also referred to as skiercross of skier-X.

It's a lot like moto cross in that competitors must navigate down a course with just about any obstacle a designer can think of and the fastest finisher is declared the winner.

It wasn't decided until 2006 that the event would become a part of the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. This means it will now become an official Olympic event.

Because of the nature of the event, contact is allow and part of the competition so long as it is not done intentionally. Any pushing or shoving or intentionally trying to knock down other competitors is illegal.

Such activities will result in either a disqualification or exclusion from the subsequent race.

It is especially important that they montior this closely with regard to the men's competition because of the physical nature of men's sports. This could become a problem, and it is somewhat controversial looking at a video replay and attempting to determine whether something may had been intentional or not.

The format often begins with a time trial which then takes either top 16 or 32 skiers and puts them in a knockout style round in groups of four. The first two skiers to cross the finish line in each group of four advance to the next round until they reach the finals.

Definitely check out the Olympic debut of skicross if you get the chance to make it to Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Games.