Lindsey Vonn’s Olympics are over

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Lindsey Vonn’s Olympics are over after she skied out of the women’s slalom, her last Alpine event in Vancouver. She won two medals in Vancouver: gold in the downhill and bronze in the super-G.

Vonn straddled a gate in the first half of her run Friday. She could not correct her line after her right, outside ski slid away coming out of a left-hand turn.

‘I came out of the starting gate charging. But I haven’t been skiing a lot of slalom and hit some mashed potato snow and it was over before I knew it,’ Vonn said.

She skied with a broken right pinkie that was protected by a hard plastic casing.

“Even though today and the GS wasn’t a success, I’m happy with the way my Olympics has gone. I have a gold in the downhill and super-G and I couldn’t ask for any more, ” Vonn said

“I know I could have had more medals like in the super combined where I went out. But you have to attack and you have to take risks. I’m happy to get the gold medal I came here for. There are variables in ski racing and all I can do is give it my all.”

-- Houston Mitchell in Vancouver, Canada