The Vancouver Winter Olympics
Simon Bruty / Sports Illustrated
Floating on Snow
Lindsey Vonn of the USA races in the downhill portion of the Women's Super Combined, an event where participants perform both a downhill and a slalom run. Although she scored the best time amongst all participants in the downhill portion, one of her skis clipped a slalom pole during her slalom run, forcing her to crash out of medal contention.
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