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The main aim today was to figure out if I can concentrate the whole way down and compete without having the headache come back
Junior champ turns in top downhill run Feb 10, 2011
I dreamed about what this would feel like, but it is much better in real life
Olympic Roundup: USA stars shine Feb 17, 2010
I got a little bit too inside and lost my outside ski
Vonn breaks finger, giant slalom postponed Feb 24, 2010
I made a really big mistake on the top part of the course and I honestly thought I would not be able to win the race
Vonn wins downhill; Riesch 24th Dec 18, 2010
We have a super G tomorrow and I'm hoping to gain some more ground back on Maria, but there's still a lot of races left in this season and Maria is skiing incredibly well
Lindsey Vonn wins women's downhill in Are Feb 26, 2011
Lindsey Caroline Vonn (née Kildow, born October 18, 1984) is an American alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team. She has won three consecutive overall World Cup and downhill championships (2008, 2009, 2010), the first American woman and third woman ever to accomplish this. Vonn won the gold medal in downhill at the 2010 Winter Olympics, the first ever in the event for an American woman. Vonn also won three consecutive World Cup season titles in Super G (the first American woman to do so), and two consecutive titles in the combined.
As of March 2011, she has 41 World Cup wins in four disciplines (downhill, Super G, slalom, and super combined). With her Olympic gold and bronze medals, two World Championship gold medals in 2009 (plus three silver medals in 2007 / 2011), and three overall World Cup titles, Vonn has become the most successful American skier in ski racing history.
Vonn received the Laureus World Sports Awards Sportswoman of the Year for 2010. She was also honored again as the USOC's sportswoman of the year for 2010.