Lodwick Still Has a Chance

Favorite Felix Gottwald’s chances to become the first Austrian to win the individual competition were literally blown off course when the winds arose during Saturday’s 90K jump. He is in 11th place beginning today’s 15K freestyle. But another Austrian, Mario Stecher, is second. The United States has a chance to win its first medal ever in Nordic combined and should at least improve on its best-ever finish of ninth. After Saturday, Todd Lodwick is seventh and Bill DeMong eighth. Lodwick is a better skier than a jumper.