Team Sprint (Freestyle) — The Team Sprint event fields paired teams of two athletes each, and follows the interval-start format. Each of a team’s two skiers alternate in timed turns around the event’s 1,585-meter (approximately 1 mile) course, with the event’s final round consisting of more overall laps than the earlier, qualifying knockout round.

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In all Alpine skiing events, athletes must successfully pass through a course’s gate markers in order for their run to qualify. Skiers must also finish the course completely, and must wear compliant equipment including a helmet, a protective bib, and skis that comply with established rules for length, width, and bindings.