Billy Demong upgraded his bronze medal performance with a gold Saturday, winning the final nordic combined event of the 2009 FIS Nordic Ski World Championships. Demong's gold marks the fourth for the USA at this year's Championships.
Demong started the cross country race in seventh, but quickly pulled into third and then second around the 3.5K mark. At 6K, he took over first, but was neck and neck with Kircheisen to the finish.
"It was such a calculated race. I was so wrapped up in the strategy and it was really soft snow so I was concentrating on technique. I didn't think about what the ramifications were until I looked at the big screen and saw myself in the lead crossing the line," he said.
Bj SPORT congratulate US Ski Team with another great success.
Photo: Billy Demong and Bjoern Kircheisen of Germany compete for the gold during the nordic combined at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships. (Janek SkarzynskiI/AFP/Getty Images)
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