Lindsey Vonn

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree with you OP and wish she'd step aside after this injury. Would she still beat those 20-somethings today if they were competing for the spot on that knee?

LV is a grown woman who can make her own decisions about whether or not to compete. At her level of experience, she knows better than internet strangers what her body can handle. Some of you act like she can retire just like that and poof have another job lined up. Maybe she can't. Skiing is her current job. Unless you have a sweet new job lined up for her, with benefits and job security, quit telling her she needs to retire.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree with you OP and wish she'd step aside after this injury. Would she still beat those 20-somethings today if they were competing for the spot on that knee?

LV is a grown woman who can make her own decisions about whether or not to compete. At her level of experience, she knows better than internet strangers what her body can handle. Some of you act like she can retire just like that and poof have another job lined up. Maybe she can't. Skiing is her current job. Unless you have a sweet new job lined up for her, with benefits and job security, quit telling her she needs to retire.

Either she’s a grown woman who can make her own decisions or she’s a helpless child ho needs someone to give her a job. Which one?

She earned her spot and if the team doc says she is fit to compete, she races. If the team doc says no, the alternate races.

[Anonymous]

Butter face with a gigantic ego

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Not unheard of to compete with a torn ACL. OP is reacting with personal options on her vs medical ones.

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I totally agree, OP.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree with you OP and wish she'd step aside after this injury. Would she still beat those 20-somethings today if they were competing for the spot on that knee?

LV is a grown woman who can make her own decisions about whether or not to compete. At her level of experience, she knows better than internet strangers what her body can handle. Some of you act like she can retire just like that and poof have another job lined up. Maybe she can't. Skiing is her current job. Unless you have a sweet new job lined up for her, with benefits and job security, quit telling her she needs to retire.

She is worth 14 million. She will be ok.

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She’s a bum

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone else annoyed that Vonn is competing with her destroyed knee? Why not give the next generation a chance? She must know she can’t medal in this state so why not pass the torch and be a mentor to younger skiers? Admittedly I also just generally don’t like her between dating Tiger Woods and her childish social media spat with Mikaela Shiffrin. At this point competing seems like another publicity stunt.

I agree she needs to just bow out. She's just being selfish, imo. Not only taking up another spot but another spot where maybe they can medal. She won't medal, if I had to bet.

If she wants to put her own body at risk, that's a her choice. But she's also representing the US and she doesn't have the "right" to continue in this condition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Butter face with a gigantic ego

God no, she is gorgeous and not even the type I would typically envy but I was shocked to learn she does no botox, fillers or plastic surgery. She looks much younger than her age. Most women with her coloring and features look older at that age as that hair color, skin tone can be aging.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone else annoyed that Vonn is competing with her destroyed knee? Why not give the next generation a chance? She must know she can’t medal in this state so why not pass the torch and be a mentor to younger skiers? Admittedly I also just generally don’t like her between dating Tiger Woods and her childish social media spat with Mikaela Shiffrin. At this point competing seems like another publicity stunt.

As an early forties woman, I find her so inspirational! She's skied long enough to know whether she can pull off another Olympics on her knee. She has a qualified team assessing her. It's her call. She earned her spot. The younger generation should've worked harder - kind of embarrassing for a 20-something to lose to a 41-year-old, no? I don't pay attention to social media or her dating life.

+1
I'm 45 and I love to ski and find her very inspirational. I am also having the start of knee and elbow aches I need to tape up for my favorite activities but that wont make me quit when I am also better at the activities I do than most that are younger than me.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree with you OP and wish she'd step aside after this injury. Would she still beat those 20-somethings today if they were competing for the spot on that knee?

LV is a grown woman who can make her own decisions about whether or not to compete. At her level of experience, she knows better than internet strangers what her body can handle. Some of you act like she can retire just like that and poof have another job lined up. Maybe she can't. Skiing is her current job. Unless you have a sweet new job lined up for her, with benefits and job security, quit telling her she needs to retire.

She is worth 14 million. She will be ok.

Olympians tend to have more financial problems. If she hasn't retired yet it might be for financial reasons which is why people should get off her case.

[Anonymous]

I am not annoyed with her, but I do think she is crazy.

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Anonymous wrote:I am not annoyed with her, but I do think she is crazy.

Probably a prereq to going down a hill that fast on skis.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm annoyed that after multiple crashes before hers on that course they didn't make changes for the safety of the athletes. I am not annoyed that a world-class athlete has been cleared to compete and might still medal despite not being 100%.

+1000
LFG LV!
Alarm set for 5:30 am. Can’t wait!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone else annoyed that Vonn is competing with her destroyed knee? Why not give the next generation a chance? She must know she can’t medal in this state so why not pass the torch and be a mentor to younger skiers? Admittedly I also just generally don’t like her between dating Tiger Woods and her childish social media spat with Mikaela Shiffrin. At this point competing seems like another publicity stunt.

I agree she needs to just bow out. She's just being selfish, imo. Not only taking up another spot but another spot where maybe they can medal. She won't medal, if I had to bet.

If she wants to put her own body at risk, that's a her choice. But she's also representing the US and she doesn't have the "right" to continue in this condition.

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You clearly haven’t watched the training runs. She’s got this.