US Women's Olympic Ski Team

Ryan@Forged

Just pointing out that you are ripping on 2 individual Olympic medalists. If you medal in the Olympics I would hardly say they were overrated. There are some amazing athletes worldwide. Regarding Vonn, I guess you missed the part where she suffered a serious shin injury a week prior to the start of the games which almost held her out of the Olympics altogether Lindsey Vonn reveals serious injury to shin - TODAY in Vancouver Where I would agree that Mancuso seemed over-dramatic, I think you are missing how emotional it must have been. Can you imagine training for 4 years for something just to have 1 small mistake cost you everything you had trained for? Regardless, as I mentioned before, both of these US athletes have Olympic medals. I believe they deserve a little more respect.

Ok, done with my point. Back to work.

ZKindaGuy

Respect is earned...Vonn doesn't cut any respect with 5 DNF's. And Mancuso is a cry baby. I trained for 3 years 6 of 7 days a week and continued working 40 hours a week and was married to boot. The day I was to compete a tornado blew the entire town off the map. So needless to say I had a couple choice words to say at the sky. Beyond that I immediately put my head back into the game to get ready for the substitute date held a month later in some other location. I didn't lay on the ground and cry like a baby for the news cameras.

And as for Vonn, a well trained seriously minded winning athlete who really wants to win wouldn't make any reference to any injury they might be harboring before they perform. I had a ACL operation (cutting..not scoped) a week before a 50 mile race. I was on the bike 3 days after the operation swelling and all and did a 37 mile practice run. I didn't create multiple excuses so that I could have an excuse in case I lost. In fact no one knew except me and the medical personel who treated me.

Well guess what...Lindsay Vonn just did her 6th DNF with yet another f*ck-up on the final woman's parallel giant slalom. And the announcer put it so appropoe by saying "I wonder which of Lindsay's many injuries she will cite for this DNF".

And then they had the audacity to announce her as an Olympic Champion.....that's a crock of ....she doesn't deserve any respect for her complete lack of performance.

As I said before Vonn is the Anna Kournikova of woman's skiing...completely over-rated and only popular because of the sports press being infatuated with her "girl-next-door" looks....not any real serious talent....