Steamboat nordic skiers win GOLD AND SILVER!!
History was made today as the US Nordic Combined Team came home with a GOLD and SILVER medal in the Nordic Combined Large Hill event at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.
Weather created a number of challenges that impacted jumping results in the first portion of the event. Todd Lodwick, a five-time Olympian from Steamboat Springs, came up short with his jump and had to start 1 minute and 13 seconds back which proved to be an impossible task in a World-Class field.
As his team-mates quickly established their position at the front of the field and dueled with Gruber of Austria for four intense laps of the 2.5km course, Lodwick was able to hold the chasing group at a slower pace providing his team-mates with a crucial advantage.
It has been said more than once since the people of Steamboat turned out in the thousands to send 17 more Olympians to Vancouver that it takes a community to raise an Olympian. We are especially proud today for the support that we have been able to give these guys and to play a part in their success. They have worked hard to establish the US a a force to be reckoned with in a sport dominated by European countries. Until now!!
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