Who To Watch in Vancouver 2010: Downhill & Super G
Who To Watch in Vancouver 2010: Downhill & Super G
The Austrians have long dominated the speed events, but if Lindsey, Bode or the Swiss team have anything to say about it, a change is coming.
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Swifter Higher Stronger: Lindsey Vonn
Lindsey Vonn, USA America’s darling and reigning World Cup Overall Champion is a five-event threat, but it’s the speed events that have been her forte in recent years. That’s a little more than ironic, given her up-bringing at tiny Buck Hill, Minn. (vertical drop: 310 feet if you ski all the way to the edge of I-35). The great American racer Andrea Mead won two golds—slalom and giant slalom—at the Oslo Games in 1952. Can Vonn finally top that?
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