Friday, February 26, 2010
Nordic Combined a Good Day for USA
Friday, February 26, 2010 | 
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[via NBC Olympics] WHISTLER (AP) -- They swore they didn't care which one of them won gold to become America's first Olympic champion in a Nordic sport.
Anyone who watched, knew Bill Demong skied to win.
He attacked on the final hill, hustled into the stadium and raced across the finish line well ahead of three-time silver medalist Johnny Spillane, giving the United States a 1-2 finish Friday in the large hill competition at Nordic combined.
Challenging wind gusts and pelting rain, sleet and snow on the jump hill did little to dampen the Americans' jubilation.
"I don't think either of us really cared which one was first or second," Demong, of Vermontville, N.Y., said after ending America's golden goose egg in Nordic sports at the Winter Games by winning the 10-kilometer cross-country leg in 25 minutes, 32.9 seconds. (....continue reading....)
Anyone who watched, knew Bill Demong skied to win.
He attacked on the final hill, hustled into the stadium and raced across the finish line well ahead of three-time silver medalist Johnny Spillane, giving the United States a 1-2 finish Friday in the large hill competition at Nordic combined.
Challenging wind gusts and pelting rain, sleet and snow on the jump hill did little to dampen the Americans' jubilation.
"I don't think either of us really cared which one was first or second," Demong, of Vermontville, N.Y., said after ending America's golden goose egg in Nordic sports at the Winter Games by winning the 10-kilometer cross-country leg in 25 minutes, 32.9 seconds. (....continue reading....)
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