Spillaine Gets Silver in Nordic Combined!
Johnny Spillaine sprinted to silver and got the US’s first medal in Nordic Combined. Though teammate Todd Lodwick led the pack for much of the cross country race, having made up over a minute after the ski jump portion, he bobbled around one of the final curves and appeared to injure himself or break concentration just enough to finish fourth. French competitor Jason Lamy Chappius took gold in the exhilarating fight to the finish. Bronze went to Italian Alessandro Pittin.
Woo hoo! It’s always exciting to see an Olympic first like that. Congratulations to Johnny Spillaine and the whole U.S. team.
Okay, I just got to actually watch this. Wow! That was incredibly exciting. I may have to take up watching Nordic combined. It reminds me of how exciting I learned cross country can be. Prior to the last Olympics I hadn’t watched it much at all.