The Vancouver Games were supposed to be Lindsey Vonn's Olympics, and she wanted to finish them skiing, not watching.
So she went to the starting gate for Friday's slalom _ her broken right little finger protected by a plastic brace and encased in a soft crimson mitten instead of a sturdy white glove.
Her back and famously bruised shin were aching and she was well aware she had little chance in an event she has struggled in all season.
Friday was no different. Vonn's right ski slid too wide as she came out of a left-hand turn early in the first of two slalom runs contested through a veil of dense fog and snowflakes. She straddled a gate instead of …
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