USA Swix Athletes - Historic Worlds
Posted on February 24th, 2009
Swix Racing Service Preliminary Report
World Nordic Ski Championship
Swix / USA Athlete Success
Kikkan Randall wins Silver Medal!
LIBEREC, Czech Republic (Feb. 24) - Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) put her mark on an already historic Nordic Ski World Championships for the USA, taking silver Tuesday in the cross country sprint to garner the highest medal for a U.S. cross country skier at Worlds in history.
Kris Freeman places Fourth in 15km Classic!
LIBEREC, Czech Republic (Feb. 20) - Kris Freeman (Andover, NH) raced to an impressive fourth-place finish Friday at the 2009 FIS Nordic Ski World Championships. He came from behind, steadily improving his splits to finish 1.3 seconds off the podium. Andrus Veerpalu of Estonia won the men’s 15K classic race in 38:54.4 minutes. It matched his fourth-place finish in the same event at the 2003 World Championships in Val di Fiemme, Italy.
Nordic Combined: Lodwick Gold; Demong Silver!
LIBEREC, Czech Republic (Feb. 22) - In an historic day for the USA, Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO) took his second World Championship gold and teammate Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY) took the bronze during the 2009 FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Liberec. The USA is leading the medals count with three gold and a silver after eight of 20 events.
Lodwick and Demong’s performance marks the first time two U.S. nordic combined athletes have made the World Championship podium together. It was the second of four nordic combined events at the Championships, featuring a single jump on the 100 meter hill and a 10K cross country race.“I think the most important thing about today, and probably the coolest, is that I am able to share this podium with another teammate,” Lodwick said. “I cannot believe I get to share this World Championship podium with a teammate.”
Nordic Combined: Lodwick Gold; Demong 5th!
LIBEREC, Czech Republic (Feb. 20) - American Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO) laid down two lengthy jumps and led the cross country to win the gold during a mass start at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Liberec Friday. Lodwick’s first career major event medal comes on the heels of teammate Johnny Spillane’s (Steamboat Springs, CO) gold in 2003 and Billy Demong’s (Vermontville, NY) silver in 2007.“Words cannot describe it. The biggest thing about my comeback was World Championships. It still hasn’t set in, but today I am the best in the world,” Lodwick said.
Following Lodwick, Teammate Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY) who was third in the cross country portion of the event, finished fifth overall.
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