Vancouver Olympics: Bill Demong wins eighth gold, watch video
United States Bill Demong won eight gold for his country in 10 km Cross Country individual event at Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010 on Thursday. Other United States athlete Johnny Spillane took silver and Bernhard Gruber of Austria won bronze in Nordic com
Gold medalist Bill Demong finished the event in 24:46.9 minutes while silver medalist Johnny Spillane of USA took 25:02.9 minutes. Austrian bronze medalist finished the event in 25:43.7 time. USA won Gold medal first time in Nordic combined event in Olympics.
Bill Demong attacked on the final hill in the large hill competition, hustled into the stadium and raced across the finish line. Bill Demong, who had a disappointing performance in the first individual Nordic combined competition at the Vancouver Olympics, put on a late surge today to capture America's first gold in the sport.
Now after this gold event, United States has regained the top spot in medal count. USA, Germany and Canada have eight gold medals each so far in Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010. Video of Bill Demong gold medal event can be seen at various web sites.
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