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Originally posted by italia:
Vonn seemed far too concerned about her image, marketability and fame. Winter Olympics athletes from Northern European seem far more concerned about performing well for the sake of performing well for their countries.

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Originally posted by fiasconva:
Dammit! She got the bronze. That really pisses me off! Ain't no justice is there?

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Originally posted by old rugged cross:
I will take a sammich!

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Originally posted by chellim1:


I was watching... and cheering for Norway’s Ragnhild Mowinckel!

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Typical leftIst behavior- The addled bitch uses her celebrity to take a shot at the POTUS, thus making her performance in the Olympics a referendum on American politics. Then, when she does poorly, some of the 60 MILLION Americans who voted for Donald Trump mock her, and then she and her defenders act as if WE are the ones who did all of this. You conceited bitch- this is YOUR doing, all the way. All the way. YOU turned this into something political. No one else did it. YOU are responsible for the ridicule you've received, so just take your medicine that you ASKED FOR and STFU.

Where's my damn sandwich?

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Typical leftIst behavior- The addled bitch uses her celebrity to take a shot at the POTUS, thus making her performance in the Olympics a referendum on American politics. Then, when she does poorly, some of the 60 MILLION Americans who voted for Donald Trump mock her, and then she and her defenders act as if WE are the ones who did all of this. You conceited bitch- this is YOUR doing, all the way. All the way. YOU turned this into something political. No one else did it. YOU are responsible for the ridicule you've received, so just take your medicine that you ASKED FOR and STFU.

Where's my damn sandwich?

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Originally posted by fiasconva:
Dammit! She got the bronze. That really pisses me off! Ain't no justice is there?

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Alan Kidlow, father of Lindsey Vonn, gave some unique insight into the type of relationship he may have with his daughter after comments he made about her bronze medal win in the downhill.

“It’s great skiing”, Kidlow explained. “But it reminds me of something that [American skier] Buddy Werner used to say. He said there’s two places in the race, first and last, and I only want one of them.”

So what you’re really saying is that if you’re not first, you’re last? Ricky Bobby would be proud, sir.

The pair had been estranged for many years due to Vonn’s marriage to her ex-husband, Thomas Vonn. A marriage that Kidlow never approved of, which put a halt on all conversations between the father and daughter for several years. But recently, the two have reconciled their differences. Kidlow even made the long trek to PyeongChang to watch live what will probably be his daughter’s last Olympics.
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Alan Kidlow, father of Lindsey Vonn, gave some unique insight into the type of relationship he may have with his daughter after comments he made about her bronze medal win in the downhill.

“It’s great skiing”, Kidlow explained. “But it reminds me of something that [American skier] Buddy Werner used to say. He said there’s two places in the race, first and last, and I only want one of them.”

So what you’re really saying is that if you’re not first, you’re last? Ricky Bobby would be proud, sir.

The pair had been estranged for many years due to Vonn’s marriage to her ex-husband, Thomas Vonn. A marriage that Kidlow never approved of, which put a halt on all conversations between the father and daughter for several years. But recently, the two have reconciled their differences. Kidlow even made the long trek to PyeongChang to watch live what will probably be his daughter’s last Olympics.

Lindsey Vonn’s bronze-medal finish in the downhill competition was supposed to be part of her Olympic ride-off-into-the-sunset moment. PyeongChang was to be her swan song, a beautiful conclusion to a prodigious ski career that included winning America’s first-ever women’s gold medal in downhill (Vancouver 2010), two Olympic bronze medals, two World Championship gold medals, three World Cup silver medals, two World Cup bronze medals and 81 total World Cup wins. To say her skiing résumé is long and distinguished would be an understatement.

Kidlow did step back his harsh criticism a bit later when he expounded that Vonn was not aggressive enough in spots during the race, adding that she was “just not quite risking enough. Not straightening the line out, just the ski was a little … not quite carving in some places like it should have. But a great result. A great result.”

Vonn and her father reunited last year following the death of her grandfather – who was firmly in the American’s thoughts going into the Games.

“I wanted to win so much for him,” Vonn said in reference to her late grandfather after the race.

“But I still think I made him proud. Our family never gives up, and I kept working hard and I’m really proud of this medal. I know he is, too.”

Sometimes a father’s love and appreciation takes a little more than a bronze-medal effort, just ask Luke Skywalker.