Lindsey Vonn

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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.

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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!!

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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.

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

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She beat all the young ones fair and square and has made the podiums I think almost all her races this season. She has earned this spot and is in a very good place to medal tomorrow. Let’s go LV.

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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.

High level skiers have died before. At those crazy speeds it's pretty dangerous.

I'm sure the teams have health and safety controls.

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She beat all the young ones fair and square and has made the podiums I think almost all her races this season. She has earned this spot and is in a very good place to medal tomorrow. Let’s go LV.

She beat those skiers with two functional ACLs. This ended how anytime could have predicted it would.

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New reports she had a terrifying crash. I’m sad for her and hope she is ok.

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Love Lindsey, but she selfishly took a spot on the team that should have gone to a healthy skier.

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And her crash changed the race for everyone who went down the hill after her.

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Anonymous wrote:And her crash changed the race for everyone who went down the hill after her.

Why is that? I know nothing about downhill skiing.

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In retrospect, OP was right and this ended exactly as we might have expected.

I feel bad for Vonn but now it looks like hubris.

For those worried about her earning potential, I'm pretty sure she has a commentating job whenever she wants one. She will be fine financially.

Yay for Breezy Johnson!

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Anonymous wrote:Love Lindsey, but she selfishly took a spot on the team that should have gone to a healthy skier.

Americans came first and fourth in the event already.

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Anonymous wrote:And her crash changed the race for everyone who went down the hill after her.

Why is that? I know nothing about downhill skiing.

The clouds change, the light changes, the temperature changes, the ice changes.

Moreover they're warmed up, stretched and psyched up to go, then put on hold.