In Lienz on Monday, American Lindsey Vonn suffered a pre-Olympic scare after a crashing fall in the World Cup giant slalom. Vonn damaged her left arm. She received lenghty medical treatment. Scans at a local hospital showed there were severe bruising and that she can compete in Tuesday's slalom. Her arm is placed in a splint. Vonn says that hurting her arm is way better than hurting one of her legs. Vonn's crash overshadowed a victory for Kathrin Hoelzl of Germany with Manuela Moelgg of Italy in second. Taina Barioz of France got third. Vonn's stands with 581 points ahead of Maria Riesch. Vonn looks to defend her crown as Kathrin Hoelzl is 50 points adrift. Vonn suffered an unusual injury at the world championships earlier this year. She had sliced her thumb opening a bottle. Vonn is still seeking her first Olympic medal.
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I am glad that Vonn is alright and can still compete. It is upsetting that this happened very close to the Olympics. I agree with Vonn in saying that at least it wasn't her legs. To slalom you zigzag between obstacles. Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline where you ski between poles or gates spaced closer together then in Giant Slalom, Super-G or Downhill. In slalom the turns are also quicker and shorter. I think that Vonn should be very great full that she didn't hurt her legs, in order to compete she needs to be able to ski. I hope that in the upcoming Olympics, Vonn will receive her first Olympic medal. It would really show how all her hard work paid off, even though she got injured along the way. I wish Vonn and the rest of the Olympic team the best in the upcoming Olympics. I hope that they all do very well and represent the United States well.
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