U.S. nordic jumpers still in running
American Todd Lodwick finished seventh Saturday in the jumping segment of the nordic combined individual competition. Now he'll have to pass several elite skiers during Sunday's 15-kilometer cross country race to claim an Olympic medal. But the Colorado native suggests he's been handed some "hometown" karma.

Ski jumping key to nordic combined

Competition highlights

Nordic combined K90 results

About Nordic combined:    Schedule/results    Nordic combined photos

Nordic combined One of the "old men" of winter sports, Nordic combined is often overlooked by American Olympic audiences - yet embraced in Europe and the Far East. Nordic combined is sometimes called "the decathlon of skiing", blending two ancient ski sports - jumping and cross country - into one competition.

Nordic combined primer This discipline blends two nordic sports — jumping and cross country — into one event.

Up close: Nordic combined A nordic combined athlete must have the explosive power of a ski jumper and the endurance of a cross-country racer.

Olympic schedules: Nordic combined

Olympic highlights

Utah connections

Nordic combined medalists in Nagano