Todd Lodwick named flag bearer for Team USA

Feb 05, 2014
Todd Lodwick (GEPA/Markus Oberlaender)

Todd Lodwick (GEPA/Markus Oberlaender)

U.S. Ski Team nordic combined athlete Todd Lodwick was named as the Opening Ceremony flag bearer for Team USA on Wednesday (Feb. 5). Lodwick, who made his Olympic debut in the 1992 Albertville Games, will be the first American to compete in a sixth Winter Olympic Games.

“Being nominated to carry the flag at the Opening Ceremony is one of the greatest honors that has ever been bestowed upon me,” said Lodwick. “I couldn’t be more humbled and excited to be selected among all of the great athletes who were vying for this representation. Going into my sixth Olympic Games, it feels like I have already won a medal, and to cap off my career by representing the United States of America and Team USA is truly a privilege.”

A past silver medalist, Lodwick earned this historic nomination to his sixth Olympic team with a victory at the 2014 trials for nordic combined at Utah Olympic Park.

Despite suffering a dislocated shoulder in a crash during a provisional ski jump less than a month ago, Lodwick still intends to compete in the team event in Sochi.

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