Johnny Rockets
Behind Johnny Spillane’s silver in the dramatic nordic combined
NORDIC
For long-suffering fans of the U.S. nordic combined program, the wait
is over. Eighty-six years proved plenty long enough with no Olympic medals and it all changed Sunday at Whistler Olympic Park before a packed
house.
Final Results: Men’s Nordic Combined NH/10 km Whistler Olympic Park, Feb. 14
Gold: Jason Lamy Chappuis, France, 25: 47.1
Silver: Johnny Spillane, Steamboat Springs, Colo., +0.4
Bronze: Alessandro Pittin, Italy, +0.8
Fourth: Todd Lodwick, Steamboat Springs, Colo., +1.5
Fifth: Mario Stecher, Austria, + 13. 6
Sixth: Bill Demong, Vermontville, N. Y., + 17. 9
