Posted on 02/13/2019 5:02:36 PM PST by DoodleBob
ARE, Sweden (AP) — It was a telling sign that in Lindsey Vonn’s last race there was only one other American skier competing.
Two days later, the U.S. couldn’t even enter a squad for the team event at the world championships because it didn’t have enough skiers available.
And as for the men’s slalom team, the one that produced the likes of Bode Miller and Ted Ligety? Well, that’s been practically eliminated.
“We are dwindling,” Vonn said. “I can’t remember a time being on the U.S. Ski Team that there weren’t two or three people that could have taken the four spots (in each race). We always had a full quota.”
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That’s what I came here for.
Tiger recently golfed with Trump, he's ok.
Becoming a world-class ski racer takes talent, hard work, dedication and money. The talent, work and dedication have to come from the individual, but a booming economy makes money more available for this kind of enterprise. Win-win.
Piss on Lindsay. She doesn’t represent me! She only represents the masses of arrogant liberals infecting ski towns all across the country.
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