Lindsey Vonn skier

[Jimprindle]

She tore her ACL in her knee last Friday and she is still planning on participating in the Winter Olympics wearing a brace, and she’s in her 40s! She has the biggest balls in sport right now. Absolutely an incredible athlete.
I think anybody, including Trombone players, could take inspiration from her stamina and determination.

[tim]

Having met Lindsey, I know she is driven, dedicated to her sport. She's also in phenomenal shape. She trains hard, practicing her basic skills constantly. And she's really a decent person, kind, giving and supports her teammates.

I work for Head ski in R&D here in the States and have met a lot of racers. I'm off to Cortina this afternoon. It's gonna be a long day.

[JTeagarden]

She's definitely the real deal, complete respect!

[slidesix]

Courage is right! Her courage epitomizes Olympic spirit. Not many people get out of something as much or more than they put into it. She's certainly one who gets a lot of output and cup wins to confirm it.

At 41, she is an irrepressible force obsessed with speed and skiing who loves nothing more than flying down a steep sheet of ice at 80 mph on the edge of recklessness and sanity, where all great downhill skiers thrive.

The crash brought a heartbreaking end to one of the great early dramas of the first days of these Winter Games and added another sheen of luster to Vonn’s record-breaking career. She’s won 84 World Cup races — including two downhills this season — along with eight world championship and three Olympic medals. Only Mikaela Shiffrin (108) and Sweden’s Ingemar Stenmark (86) have won more World Cup races.

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