Lima was founded by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro on January 18, 1535, as Ciudad de los Reyes. It became the capital and most important city in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru. Following the Peruvian War of Independence, it became the capital of the Republic of Peru.
Alpine skiing combined. Combined is an event in alpine ski racing. A traditional combined competition consists of one run of downhill and two runs of slalom, each discipline run on separate days. The winner is the skier with the fastest aggregate time. (Until the 1990s, a complicated point system was used to determine placings in the combined event.)
Alpine skiing is the proper term for what most people call downhill skiing. This distinguishes it from nordic skiing (cross-country) and freestyle skiing. International alpine ski racing consists of five men's events and five women's events. The rules and race configurations are the same for men and women, but the courses typically differ in length for the men's and women's events. Types of Alpine Skiing. Downhill is the longest and highest-speed event in alpine ski racing and involves the fewest turns. Each skier makes one run only. The skier with the fastest time is the winner. As in all alpine events, skiers are timed to one hundredth of a second and any ties stand as that.