If anyone had a better Games than Bill Demong, they should let him know. The American flagbearer leaves Vancouver as the first U.S. Nordic combined Olympic champion and a newly-engaged man. Relive his and all of Nordic's moments.
Each made history, and both are leaving the Olympic Games with multiple medals around their necks. Johnny Spillane and Bill Demong broke 86-year streaks with their Vancouver accomplishments and took time to talk to fans about them.
Jason Lamy Chappuis entered the Games as the world's No. 1 combined athlete, and he left a French icon. With just two competition weekends remaining, can he close out the World Cup title? Follow at UniversalSports.com to find out.
The United States captured almost half of the nine Olympic medals awarded in the Nordic combined events, a breakthrough that officials and athletes said was crucial to boosting the popularity of what is a niche sport in many parts of the world.
The journey to Olympic glory They spent more time with each other than with family. They chose to compete in and love a sport that the U.S. hadn't embraced. For Bill Demong, Todd Lodwick and Johnny Spillane, the silver medal earned together validated it all and more.
With less than a kilometer left in the last Nordic combined event of the Games, Bill Demong turned in a sprint for the ages.
As Bill Demong and Johnny Spillane have shown with their medals at the Vancouver Games, the U.S. is a respectable power in Nordic combined now.
Nordic combined involves ski jumping and cross-country skiing in two separate events held on one day. Athletes in this sport exhibit the fearlessness of a ski jumper and the tenacity of a cross-country skier.
Bill Demong describes the ideal body build for a Nordic combined skier.
2009 world champions Bill Demong and Todd Lodwick remember their first ski jumps as kids.
Bill Demong day 
Demong ends streak 
Speaking with Demong 
