PHOTOS: The Best of Olympic Nordic Events from Vancouver Olympics 2010
January 13, 2014
Athletes compete in the women's Cross-Country Skiing 15km pursuit final at Whistler Olympic Park during the Vancouver Winter Olympics on February 19, 2010. Bjoergen took the gold medal. (FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images) ( OLY-2010- NORDIC )
Todd Lodwick of the US competes in the men's Nordic Combined team Ski Jumping trial at the Whistler Olympic Park during the Vancouver Winter Olympics on February 23, 2010. (JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images) ( OLY-2010-NORDIC )
The pack passes by spectators during the Cross Country portion of the Nordic Combined Individual normal hill event at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) ( Vancouver Olympics Nordic Combined )
The Czech Republic's Ales Vodsedalek competes in the Nordic Combined men's Ski Jumping Individual LH at Whistler Olympic Park during the Vancouver Winter Olympics on February 25, 2010. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images) ( OLY-2010-SKI-COMBINED )
The Czeck Republic's Lukas Bauer competes during the men's Cross-Country Skiing 15km free at Whistler Olympic Park on February 15, 2010 during the Vancouver Winter Olympics. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images) ( OLY-2010-NORDIC )
Kazakstan's Nikolay Chebotko competes in the men's Nordic Cross Country individual sprint qualification at Whistler Olympic Park during the Vancouver Winter Olympics on February 17, 2010. (FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images) ( OLY-2010-SKI-NORDIC )
Tomas Slavik of Czech Republic competes during the Nordic Combined Individual LH/10 km on day 14 of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics at Whistler Olympic Park on February 25, 2010 in Whistler, Canada. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) ( 95727919PB060_Nordic_Combin )
Mario Stecher of Team Austria gets swarmed by his teammates as they celebrate winning the Olympic Gold ini the nordic combined on day twelve of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics at Whistler Olympic Park Ski Jumping Stadium on February 22, 2010 in Whistler, Canada. (Photo by Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images) ( 95655818PB008_Nordic_Combin )
Tino Edelmann of Germany after his Large Hill jump in the Nordic Combined Individual Large Hill Ski Jump on day 14 of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics at Whistler Olympic Park on February 25, 2010 in Whistler, Canada. (Photo by Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images) ( 95727919PB036_Nordic_Combin )
(L-R) Sweden's Anders Soedergren, Marcus Hellner, Johan Olsson and Daniel Richardsson react after victory in the men's Cross Country 4x10 km relay at the Whistler Olympic Park during the Vancouver Winter Olympics on February 24, 2010. Sweden claimed the cross country 4x10km relay gold. (FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images) ( OLY-2010-NORDIC )
(L-R) Italy's Arianna Follis, France's Aurore Cuinet, Germany's Katrin Zeller, Sweden's Anna Olsson, Kikkan Randall of the US and Norway's Vibeke W Skofterud compete in the women's Cross Country Skiing 4x5 km relay at Whistler Olympic Park during the Vancouver Winter Olympics on February 25, 2010. (JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images) ( OLY-2010-SKI-NORDIC )
Gold medalist Bill Demong of the US reacts after winning the men's Nordic Combined Cross Country at Whistler Olympic Park during the Vancouver Winter Olympics on February 25, 2010. (FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images) ( OLY-2010-SKI-COMBINED )