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Incredibly the news & egrave; passed under track, since & eacute; there have been no official announcements & egrave; by dell''atleta n & egrave; by the American federation, but the second gundersen the World Falun should have been the 'last race of the career of Bill Demong.
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The news & egrave; a fellow of the US nordic combined, Mikko Kokslien, who, through its website hailed the 'athlete of Steamboat Springs.
Demong, just 35 years old, is a piece of history of Nordic disciplines tout court today being the 'only American to have won a medal' Olympic gold taking into account cross-country and special jump.
The 'event & egrave; occurred February 25, 2010, the day the 'athlete of Colorado got the' last of 11 race wins in the first level of his career. Previously he had also collected a gold iridescent (in Liberec 2009) and had established himself nine times in testing for application at the Crystal Ball.
In addition to the aforementioned successes, the 'Today is thirty-five & egrave; put his neck a silver and a bronze individual world pi & ugrave; a silver and a bronze Olympic champion in the relay. Finally, we must not forget the two third places in the overall standings of the World Cup (2007 - '' 08 and 2008 - '' 09).
With the withdrawal of Demong hangs skis to nail the 'last member of the trio (which also included Todd Lodwick and Johnny Spillane) that between the late' 90s and the 'beginning of the XXI century has brought the United States to the top Nordic combined. & nbsp;
It is however the third withdrawal in a few weeks of un''icona discipline after those of Jason Lamy-Chappuis and Mario Stecher.
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