US wins first medal in Nordic combined (AP)

[ASFN Admin]

The Americans broke through the Nordic combined barrier Sunday, winning their first Olympic medal in the sport dominated since its inception by the Europeans. But it could have been even better. Jason Lamy Chappuis -- who was born in Missoula, Mont., but has always raced for France -- overtook Johnny Spillane on the final straightaway for the gold medal, winning the individual race in 25 minutes,...

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[AZZenny]

btw -- I was watching yesterday, and realized to my great excitement -- I SKIED part of that trail!!! Well, I pretty much ass-skied the part I recognized -- but many years back when I was trying to learn cross-country skiing with a lovely pair of Norwegian racing skiis I had no business strapping to my boots (end-of-season sale idiocy) and we were up at Whistler for a week (during the winter games, actually) I went out on the demanding, really beautiful cross-country route several times a day. I remember swooping down a particular curving hill successfully (once) which was absolutely a thrilling feeling, although mostly I crashed and crashed trying to repeat.

Anyhow, VERY cool to see yesterday.

 

[82CardsGrad]

btw -- I was watching yesterday, and realized to my great excitement -- I SKIED part of that trail!!! Well, I pretty much ass-skied the part I recognized -- but many years back when I was trying to learn cross-country skiing with a lovely pair of Norwegian racing skiis I had no business strapping to my boots (end-of-season sale idiocy) and we were up at Whistler for a week (during the winter games, actually) I went out on the demanding, really beautiful cross-country route several times a day. I remember swooping down a particular curving hill successfully (once) which was absolutely a thrilling feeling, although mostly I crashed and crashed trying to repeat.

Anyhow, VERY cool to see yesterday.