Billy Demong is always on the go, which is good considering he's either flying through the air or tearing up a cross country course—as well as taking the USA’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in nordic combined in the process. (Sarah Brunson/U.S. Ski Team)
Bryan and Taylor Fletcher led the USA as it finished seventh in the nordic combined team event at World Championships.
A strong day of jumping didn’t hold up for the USA in Friday's nordic combined, as soft snow conditions hampered their move up in the 10k cross country.
The first of four nordic combined events kicks off Friday at the Falun 2015 Nordic World Championships.
Five athletes have been named by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association to compete in the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships Feb. 18-Mar. 1 in Falun, Sweden.
Germany's Eric Frenzel remained invicible in Seefeld, skiing to a second straight win in the Seefeld Triple. Bryan Fletcher skied up from 25th in the jump to finish 11th, with the fourth fastest cross country time. Billy Demong was 21st.
Billy Demong led the USA finishing 28th in the opening stage of the Seefeld Triple mini-tour.
On the wings of improved jumping, the USA bumped up from eighth to fifth in a FIS Nordic Combined World Cup team event Saturday in Ramsau. Action contnues Sunday with an individual event before the tour takes a holiday break.
Taylor Fletcher came close in fifth, but missed the podium as Tomaz Druml of Austria took his second straight FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup win in Park City.
Tomaz Druml led an Austrian podium sweep at the opening FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup in Park City. Taylor Fletcher was eighth.
The stage is set for a wild cross country finale with Austrian Lukas Greiderer taking the lead after the jump in a FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup. Olympians Billy Demong (8th) and Taylor Fletcher (26th) are both expected to contend.
Olympic champion Billy Demong will highlight the field as a dozen nations come to Park City this week for an International Ski Federation Nordic Combined Continental Cup.
In his first marathon ever, U.S. Nordic Combined athlete Billy Demong was able to finish at the incredible pace of 2:33:05.
America’s top ski jumpers and nordic combined athletes will compete in the U.S. Ski Jumping Championships (normal hill) and U.S. Nordic Combined Championships during the Flaming Leaves Festival in Lake Placid on Sunday, October 12.
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The American catalyst that shook the nordic world in Vancouver, Billy Demong has not slowed down since his historic Olympic win on the large hill. Since then he got married, started raising a son and returned to competitive form after a brief break from the sport—just in time for another run at gold. The 2013 season saw Demong compete and push his teammates to new levels. Demong anchored a solid full-team performance to win bronze in the nordic combined team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme, Italy. It was the first ever full-team event medal for the U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team at any World Championships. Earlier in the season, he and his four-man squad finished third at the Schonach World Cup stop. The upstate New York native has been on seven World Championships teams and has won eight U.S. titles. His four medals with teammate Todd Lodwick at the 2009 Worlds were an historic accomplishment, a feat only outshone by the following year’s four-medal effort at Vancouver, where Demong became the first U.S. Nordic athlete to win a gold medal. But in addition to a stellar competitive career, Demong has helped the sport grow locally, acting as mentor to many of the younger athletes that are quickly rising on the international stage. Unlike four years ago, Demong is now surrounded by a much larger core of athletes, all of whom will represent the stars and stripes at the highest level in the next few years. BILLY SAYS FIRST TRACKS OFF THE SNOW |
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