As the winter Olympics comes to a close Lindsey Vonn leaves Vancouver with two medals, gold and bronze. Her last interview after straddling a slalom, she stated that she was happy to have gotten two medals this Olympics year. Are two medals really enough? After all she was dubbed as this Olympics’ Michael Pelphs. Some might say that it’s rather disappointing watching her watch other athletes compete because of an injury. Some might say two medals are better than none. I say, Lindsey Vonn did quite a great job this Olympic season; winning a gold medal in her signature event, the downhill race, and a bronze in another. After crashing out in the super-combined’s slalom portion, she redeemed herself in her third event winning a bronze in the super G. Crashing and breaking a pinky must have been hard for her but considering that she was skiing under low visibility in her fourth event showed how determined she was to win another medal. Her broken pinky didn’t stop her, she still continued on with the fifth event where she, unfortunately, straddled slalom. Lindsey Vonn showed amazing determination this season and it’s her will to fight that makes her a great athlete, medals are mere additions. Despite some of the negative feedback about her performance, Lindsey Vonn did great.
Shiela Gonzales
Kin 338I Section 4
Tu-Th 9:30 - 10:45
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