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Doug Haney, spokesman for the U.S. Ski Team, offers his personal take on Lindsey Vonn's wild week at the World Championships:
(Click here to read the Associated Press account)
Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) won her third World Championships gold medal today - this one for being the toughest competitor. She was going for the slalom win, crashed and slid on her back for a while. It didn't feel good, but she skied down and immediately hugged her best friend and No. 1 competitor Maria Riesch, who did win the gold - her first of the World Championships.
Funny thing is, she would have hugged whoever won, that's Lindsey. After going through the media mix zone, we walked together to the hotel. It took over a half hour because Lindsey took photos with fans and signed autographs all the way there. Amazing.
Now there's that (Resi) Stiegler (Jackson Hole, WY) kid. Not only did Resi finish 19th in her first race in over 13 months. She finished 19th at the World Championships slalom - her first race in 13 months.
But she didn't stop there - while interviewing with NBC Sports in the finish, she realized that French President Nicolas Sarkozy was in the crowd. Resi then jumped the media pen, climbed into the stands and convinced the Prez to sign her race bib. She even blew him a kiss!
