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Backflip on the podium, breakthrough on the snow, as Ben Ogden hails new generation of US skiers
Ben Ogden's silver ends a 50-year U.S. Olympic cross-country skiing medal drought as younger Americans rise in world rankings, boosting the sport's future prospects.
- On Tuesday at the Milan-Cortina Games, an American man won Olympic silver in the skiathlon, ending a 50-year medal drought since Bill Koch in 1976.
- Local training and peer success helped Ogden, who trained in southern Vermont at Bill Koch's academy and cited J.C. Schoonmaker’s 2023 World Cup podium as an example.
- On the podium, Ogden snapped a selfie, handed off his silver and the Olympic plush mascots Tina and Milo, then impulsively backflipped off the podium, losing his hat mid-rotation.
- Ogden said the medal could be a catalyst for the future and hopes it will grow the sport in the United States with the World Cup final at Lake Placid, New York, while fans in Vermont watched before dawn.
- Ranked fifth in the World Cup sprint standings behind four Norwegians and 15th overall, Ogden says one breakthrough can lift younger U.S. teammates including J.C. Schoonmaker and Gus Schumacher.
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Backflip on the podium, breakthrough on the snow, as Ben Ogden hails new generation of US skiers
VAL DI FIEMME, Italy (AP) — Ben Ogden snapped a selfie, handed off his Olympic silver medal and the plush mascots of Tina and Milo, and then did what few would dare.
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