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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Folks, skiers are crazy adrenaline junkies. Breezy Johnson, who won gold in this event, competed without her parents present because her dad is recovering from a ski injury last month. Half the downhill skiers have some kind of injury like this in their past or, like Vonn, multiple such injuries.

I think it's crazy but I think downhill skiing is crazy.

I don't personally find Vonn's decision to compete in these Olympics inspiring -- it seems dumb to me. But I doubt she cares about my opinion.

I do think it's cool how long she has competed at such a high level, into her 40s. I always love to see people show longevity in these sports, I think it's impressive. But competing on a torn ACL and then crashing out almost immediately. Seems lame. Oh well.[/quote]

It's a sport with a massive injury and crash rate. There were 3 crashes in the women's downhill and two of them (incl. Vonn) required them to stop so they could airlift the skiier out. And that's not really abnormal, especially when the conditions are a certain way.[/quote]

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