American skier Lindsey Vonn had controlled the headlines leading up to the Olympic
s it seemed with concerns about her bruised shin. The headlines will now read differently as the 25-year-old captured Gold in the first Alpine skiing event earlier today.
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Vonn’s closest competition for the Gold at the Women’s downhill came from fellow American Julia Mancuso, while Elisabeth Goergl of Austria took home the bronze.
// Her time of 1 minute 44.19 seconds beat Mancuso’s by more than half a second. Vonn became the first American woman ever to win the Olympic downhill and she and Mancuso provided the first 1-2 finish for American Alpine skiers since 1984.