Olympic Silver for Steamboat's Spillane
Posted by Colorado Group Realty on Monday, February 15th, 2010 at 2:27pm.Johnny Spillane, Steamboat Springs skier won the first US Nordic combined medal in Winter Olympic history, winning silver after a thrilling cross-country race in the Normal Hill Individual Gundersen event at the 2010 games in Whistler, British Columbia.
Spillane finished the decisive, heart stopping cross-country race just four-tenths of a second behind Jason Lamay Chappuis, of France.
Steamboat's Todd Lodwick finished fourth at 25 minutes, 48.6 seconds. he led a portion of the race before falling back at the end.
Spillane also led in the cross-country race, opening up a 20-yard lead on the final gap before Chappuis surged in the sprint to the finish and barely edged out Spillane for the gold.
Lodwick and Spillane did everything they could to put themselves in medal contention earlier Sunday in the jumping portion of what was the first Nordic combined event at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Spillane placed fourth in the jumping portion, positioning himself just 42 seconds behind Finland's Janne Ryynaenen at the start of the cross-country race.
Teammates Camerota was 10th after the jumping and Demong was 24th.
Demong blazed past numerous competitors in the cross-country race to earn his sixth-place overall finish.
Spillane's medal performance, and the showing by the US team, sent a message that the Americans are in Vancouver to end the drought that has haunted the team in previous Winter Olympic Games.
"That's the good thing about this group," Spillane said. "We are all in a good spot, and there is no doubt that we will have more opportunities for medals."
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