Jeremy Bloom Leaves without a Medal

but heads for NFL combine and next chapter.

TURIN, ITALY -- Jeremy Bloom’s skiing adventure came to a less-than-satisfying close. The two-sport star finished sixth in Olympic moguls. Dale Begg-Smith of Australia won the event, and Mikko Ronkainen took the silver. American Toby Dawson finished third. American Travis Mayer, the silver medalist in 2002, finished seventh and announced his retirement afterward, while teammate Travis Cabral came in ninth.

Bloom, a wide receiver at Colorado -- has bigger things on his radar now -- starting with a trip to the NFL scouting combine next week.