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The most titled alpine skier in history, the largest in the United States, has pioneered her way, thrown one last time downhill and made sure her run Farewell corresponds to his career in gold: historical, dramatic and full of emotion.
The end was not triumphant, but it was not obliged. Lindsey Vonn already had a place in history.
Yet with bronze on the Swedish tracks where she won her first championship medals, Vonn has tweaked her final chapter as an elite athlete. – have won a medal at six world championships.
There is more, too. She also tied the record of Christel Cranz and Annemarie Moser-Proll with five women's downhill medals at the world championships.
Even if there was no world title, it was still an impressive outcome from a woman running with damaged knees. The bronze, she said later, had the appearance of gold. "I skied with all my heart," she said.
Leaving the door in third place, the American had taken today's train, raising her arms to the snow-covered clouds and greeting the supporters in the gallery in front of her who exclaimed applauding at the name of the 34 year old player at the top of the rankings. The American, Norwegian and Swedish flags have been brandished as supporters of many nationalities have shown their appreciation to a woman who transcended her sport.
As she waited at the finish line, Vonn, incredulous, perched on his chair and covered his mouth with his hand, while the runners tried not to exceed his time.
Downhill Olympic champion Sofia Goggia could not beat her, but reigning champion Ilka Stuhec came and the golden dreams were ruined.
The Slovenian's time in 1: 01.74 allowed her to become the first skier to successfully defend the women's downhill since Maria Walliser in 1987 and 1989, while the Swiss Corrinne Suter followed to deny Vonn's money. .
Vonn will retire four victories tied with Ingemar Stenmark's record of 86 World Cup victories, a statistic that no doubt irritates such a motivated person as she ponders her remarkable career.
Perhaps she will also ask about those years of lost wounds. How many races and medals would they have won if the injuries had not been denied on the slopes?
Stenmark was in the Swedish seaside resort of Are to attend the last race of Vonn and, as a sign of recognition for the great Swede, Vonn wore a white, blue and yellow race suit for the descent. Her outfit also indicated that the record she was pursuing was never far from her thoughts.
"I knew it was going to be on arrival because I basically begged him to come here," Vonn said at a lively news conference.
"It was so important for me to have it on arrival – it's an icon and a legend of our sport." He does not like the spotlights too much, but he deserves to have it.I was so grateful that it's there.It's the perfect ending to my career. "
Competition at such a wild event had a cost for Vonn, destroying her body before she was ready to quit. She wanted to continue until the end of the year, breaking the Stenmark record, but by announcing that she was going to retire a few weeks ago, the American herself has stated that she was "totally irreparable".
The injuries she has suffered over the years are like a list of emergency room doctors: a broken right arm, left knee fractures, fractured left ankle, torn ligaments, broken leg bone right, a concussion, bruises, cuts.
After collisions and falls – even after she was heliported from a mountain during her training at the Turin Olympics in 2006 – she has always recovered and continued on her way. But now, the woman described this week as a "warrior" by her compatriot and former Olympic champion, Bode Miller, had to call herself one day.
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