It literally doesn’t get any better than this

Here’s Vermontville’s Bill Demong holding the gold. Thanks to Nancie Battaglia for the amazing images. Demong was chosen to bear the flag at Sunday’s closing ceremony.

From the Associated Press:

The U.S. Olympic Committee announced Thursday night that Demong had been selected by fellow American Olympians. Earlier in the day, he won the country’s first gold medal in a Nordic sport. Demong was part of a 1-2 finish for the United States in the large hill competition at Nordic combined.

Demong, who also proposed to his girlfriend Thursday night, called it “a whirlwind of a day.”

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