Doug Haney, a media relations specialist for the U.S. Ski Team, recently sent out his recap of Lindsey Vonn's season, one of the best ever by a U.S. skier.

Here it is:

2009 Season Detail
Nov. 15, 2008 - Vonn makes an incredible save to capture the first World Cup slalom podium of her career with a decisive victory at the opening slalom of the 2009 Audi FIS World Cup season in Levi, Finland. The win vaulted her into the World Cup lead.

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Nov. 19, 2008 – Vonn severely bruises her left knee in a super G training crash. It is unknown whether she will be able to race in the only U.S. World Cup stop slated for Thanksgiving weekend in Aspen, CO.
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Nov. 26, 2008 – U.S. Ski Team doctors clear Vonn to race in Aspen. Despite nagging pain in her knee, she finishes fourth in both giant slalom and slalom. It was the best giant slalom result of her career.

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Dec. 5, 2008 – Vonn wins the season-opening downhill in Lake Louise, Alberta marking her fifth downhill win in five years on the Canadian speed course. She takes honor as the most successful racer in Lake Louise World Cup history prompting media to call it "Lake Lindsey."
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Dec. 14, 2008 – Vonn podiums again in slalom, finishing second to best friend Maria Riesch of Germany in Semmering, Austria.
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Jan. 17, 2009 – After a month of bad weather canceling downhill races in Lake Louise, Alberta and St. Moritz, Switzerland Vonn wins a super combined (one run of downhill and one run of slalom) in Zauchensee-Altenmarkt, Austria. She made an incredible save in the downhill portion, landing on her hip from 20 feet in the air, to finish the downhill portion and stay in podium contention
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Jan. 18, 2009 – Vonn finishes third in the downhill at Altenmarkt-Zauchensee regaining the World Cup overall points lead from Maria Riesch. She would hold the lead for the remainder of the season.
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Jan. 24, 2009 – After a three-foot snowstorm cancels two days of downhill training and one downhill race, Vonn finishes second in a downhill to Swiss surprise Dominique Gisin in Cortina, Italy.
http://www.usskiteam.com/alpine/news?storyId=1518

Jan. 30, 2009 – Vonn wins her career second slalom, dominated the race from start to finish in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The hometown of her best friend and closest challenger Maria Riesch. She begins to pull away in the World Cup overall standings.
http://www.usskiteam.com/alpine/news?storyId=1548

Vonn Ties McKinney as Best of All Time
Feb. 1, 2009 – Vonn ties U.S. great Tamara McKinney with 18 World Cup wins following a super G victory in Garmisch. The win came just 48 hours before the same event in the FIS Alpine Ski World Championships in Vald'Isere, France.
http://www.usskiteam.com/alpine/news?storyId=1563

Vonn Sweeps World Championships Speed
Feb. 3, 2009 - Fresh from a sweep of two races on the Audi FIS World Cup in Germany, the Vonn charged to her first World Championship title, winning the super G in Val d'Isere, France to open the event.
http://www.usskiteam.com/alpine/news?storyId=1568

Feb. 9, 2009 - Vonn stormed to another win at the World Championships winning the downhill to sweep the speed events in Val d'Isere. It was the first U.S. women's downhill title since Hilary Lindh won in 1997.
http://www.usskiteam.com/alpine/news?storyId=1584

The Thumb
Following the podium celebration for her downhill victory, Vonn accidentally slices the flexor tendon on her right thumb during a victory celebration. She was handed a champagne bottle with the top broken off and innocently cut her thumb while attempting to spray the crowd. She was given four stitches at the U.S. Ski Team hotel to secure the wound, joined teammates and coaches in a victory toast, then sat in on a half hour teleconference call before having dinner. Ironically, she had one sip of champagne the entire evening.
http://www.realvail.com/USSkiTeamUpdate/663/The-inside-scoop-on-Lindsey-Vonns-champagne-bottle-injury-after-winning-downhill-championship.html

Feb. 13, 2009 – Following a flight to Innsbruck, Austria to surgically repair the torn tendon, Vonn returned to Val d'Isere and was cleared to compete in the slalom by U.S. Ski Team doctors. The injury did force her to miss the giant slalom.
http://www.usskiteam.com/alpine/news?storyId=1601

Feb. 14, 2009 – Despite finishing second in the first run of slalom at World Championships, Vonn crashes on her injured hand in the second run and is disqualified as her best friend Maria Riesch wins the race. She nearly missed course inspection because she miscalculated how long it would take to get dressed in the morning. She was the first to hug Riesch in the finish and spent over an hour after the race signing autographs and taking pictures with fans.
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Feb. 20, 2009 - Vonn finished second in the final World Cup super combined, at Taravisio, Italy shelving her run for the American record books one more day. With 18 World Cup wins, one more surpasses Tamara McKinney's total and officially secures Vonn as the greatest female ski racer in American history. She ends the season second in the super combined standings to Anja Paerson of Sweden.
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Feb. 21, 2009 – The wait continues as Vonn came within .01 seconds of a milestone 19th World Cup victory finishing second in a downhill to expand her lead in both the overall and downhill points.
http://www.usskiteam.com/alpine/news?storyId=1642

Vonn named most successful female skier in U.S. history
Feb. 22, 2009 - It's official, Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) is the most successful female ski racer in American history. The 24-year-old double World Champion secured her 19th World Cup victory with a super G win in Tarvisio, surpassing U.S. great Tamara McKinney's previous high mark of 18 established in the 1980s.

It was Vonn's sixth World Cup win of the season and 43rd podium of her young career. She now stands an impressive third for all-time U.S. World Cup wins (male or female) behind Bode Miller (Franconia, NH) with 31 and Phil Mahre with 27.
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Feb. 27, 2009 - Vonn is poised to become only the second woman in U.S. history to win back-to-back World Cup downhill titles after tying for third in a tricky downhill at Bansko Bulgaria to take a commanding 118-point lead in the title chase.
http://www.usskiteam.com/alpine/news?storyId=1679

Vonn secures second World Cup downhill title
Feb. 28, 2009 – As the World Cup went to Bulgaria Vonn added a new line to the U.S. Ski Team record books becoming only the second American in history to win back-to-back World Cup downhill titles. Vonn joins childhood hero and now good friend Picabo Street, who won the season-long title in 1995 and '96, as the only American (male or female) to win back-to-back crystal globes for downhill.
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March 1, 2009 - Vonn won her fourth consecutive super G to move within 15 points of the discipline lead behind second place finisher Fabienne Suter of Switzerland with one super G remaining in the season.
http://www.usskiteam.com/alpine/news?storyId=1690

Vonn wins record second World Cup overall title
March 11, 2009 – Vonn rolled into Are, Sweden and added yet another landmark to an already historic season as she took her 21st career World Cup win in the downhill at the Audi FIS World Cup Finals to clinch the overall title for the second year in a row. It's the first time an American woman has ever won two overall crowns. She also notched her 46th career World Cup podium surpassing Tamara McKinney's previous mark of 45. McKinney retired after the 1989 season at the age of 26. Vonn is 24 and currently has a goal to ski through the 2014 Olympics.
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Vonn wins record super G title and more
March 12, 2009 - Vonn came through with her fifth super G win in a row to clinch the Audi FIS World Cup super G title during the final SG of the season in Sweden. Vonn, who marked her 22nd career World Cup win with the finish, had won the previous three World Cup super G races of the season as well as World Championships super G to claim her fifth consecutive victory. The win was also Vonn's ninth of the season, a new American record over Phil Mahre's eight season wins in 1982.
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