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...wasn't the Superglue that held his boot together after a nasty tumble on the ski jump. It wasn't the bloody face that resulted from that fall, nor the altitude, nor the wax on his cross country skis. Todd Lodwick, 25, of Steamboat Springs, Colo., doesn't blame anything or anyone for his seventh-place finish in Sunday's Nordic combined event. Actually, he's quite happy with...
...Lodwick's finish is the best result the U.S. has achieved in the sport's 78-year Olympic history. His teammates, Matt Dayton and Bill Demong, came 18th and 19th respectively. In Nagano, the best the U.S. managed in an individual Nordic combined event was 20th...
...Lodwick - and the U.S. media - thought he had a decent chance of winning a medal, particularly considering his two podium finishes on this season's World Cup circuit and his strong showing in Saturday's ski-jump leg of the two-sport event. After breaking his boot during a training jump on Thursday, Lodwick decided he'd still prefer to compete with his familiar footwear. It was a good choice. Even in difficult wind conditions, he leaped into seventh place. Bill Demong, 21, of Vermontville, NY, took eighth...
...Airborn is a full-time jumper; Todd Lodwick, 25, of Steamboat Springs, Colo., and Bill Demong, 21, of Vermontville, N.Y., are part-timers. The U.S. has traditionally stunk in their event, the Nordic combined; Lodwick finished 20th at Nagano. This Olympiad, the U.S. co-opted the competition, poaching head coach Jan-Erik Aalbu from Norway, a perennial medal winner. Lodwick, now ranked fourth in the world, has a gold and a silver this World Cup season. Demong won an event in the Czech Republic two weeks ago. "I was hoping we could be strong," says Aalbu. "I was not expecting...
While Salazar's friends and supporters at home rejoiced after his Monday victory. Eugene also celebrated the feats of two more of its prominent figures. Both John Lodwick, who took third in the marathon, and Shirley Kay Durtschi, the fourth woman across the finish line, are residents of the city...