Lindsey Vonn on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

From Lindsey's twitter:

On the plane heading back to Europe for World Cup races in Crans Montana,Switzerland and Garmisch,Germany. The whirlwind continues! xoxo LV

Just arrived in Munich lonnnnggg flight! How do guys think I did on Leno? Jay was really nice! Don't forget to catch me on Ellen today.


ski like a girl thinks Lindsey did an awesome job with Leno.  Even with an awkward questions regarding her husband coaching her in the bedroom.  Seriously Jay!   Good luck at the World Cup, Lindsey!

xoxo,
ski girl

Vancouver 2010 Final Medal Count

Nation		Medalists				Total
	United States	See Names	9	15	13	37
	Germany	See Names	10	13	7	30
	Canada	See Names	14	7	5	26
	Norway	See Names	9	8	6	23
	Austria	See Names	4	6	6	16
	Russia	See Names	3	5	7	15
	South Korea	See Names	6	6	2	14
	Sweden	See Names	5	2	4	11
	China	See Names	5	2	4	11
	France	See Names	2	3	6	11
	Switzerland	See Names	6	0	3	9
	Netherlands	See Names	4	1	3	8
	Czech Republic	See Names	2	0	4	6
	Poland	See Names	1	3	2	6
	Italy	See Names	1	1	3	5
	Japan	See Names	0	3	2	5
	Finland	See Names	0	1	4	5
	Australia	See Names	2	1	0	3
	Slovakia	See Names	1	1	1	3
	Belarus	See Names	1	1	1	3
	Slovenia	See Names	0	2	1	3
	Croatia	See Names	0	2	1	3
	Latvia	See Names	0	2	0	2
	Great Britain	See Names	1	0	0	1
	Kazakhstan	See Names	0	1	0	1
	Estonia	See Names	0	1	0	1
Total			86	87	85	258

Buy Bode Miller's Helmet on ebay

 

Bode Miller's Autographed 2010 Olympic Helmet is for Sale on ebay!

This is a once in a life time opportunity to own Bode Miller's autographed helmet from the Vancouver Winter Olympics where he won three Medals. (gold, silver, bronze) 

Bode donated his helmet to help fund-raise for a friend who was recently diagnosed with cancer and needs to undergo therapy.   The current bid is $520.00

Click HERE to place a bid.   You have until March 10, 2010 7:15:11 (PST).

xoxo, 

ski girl 

Canadian fans Celebrate after yesterday's win

After Canada defeated their cross-border rivals from the United States 3-2 in overtime on Sunday in the final of the men's ice hockey tournament, fans flooded the streets of Vancouver to celebrate....  

Don't you wish you were there?

xoxo,

ski girl
p.s.  Winter Games: Medal Count

			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.		United States	9	15	13	37
2.		Germany	10	13	7	30
3.		Canada	14	7	5	26

Hockey today: Canada vs. U.S. Do you have tickets?

Canada's Bad Girl's of hockey vs. Scotty Lago

Canada's Women's Hockey team is in trouble for a champagne-swigging, cigar-smoking, gold medal celebration. Not to mentions the drunken Zamboni driving! Officials said that kind of behavior is common in Canada.  Really? Okay if this is common then bring back Scotty! 

Snowboarder, Scotty Lago was sent home after "racy" pictures of him were taken with his bronze medal on while wearing a Team USA t-shirt.  Someone snapped a photo of a woman kneeling below Lago's waist to kiss his medal. That picture, and another showing the medal in the woman's mouth while teammate Greg Bretz looks on, appeared on the TMZ Web site.

Check out the slide show of the Canadian Hockey Team as they party down on the ice HERE.  Click HERE if you want to check out Scotty's shots.

 If the  Canadians can party and stay at the Games then bring back Scotty Lago!

Scotty was in a T-shirt    vs.   The Hockey Team in full uniform

Random Girl had medal in her mouth   vs.  Hockey Team Girl's with medal in their mouth 

        Scotty was at an after party    vs.   Hockey Team on the Ice at Olympic Venue

Scotty's photos vs.  Hockey Team slide show

ski like a girl says let it go.  How can you hold the closing ceremony without Canada's Gold Medal winning Women's Hocky team?  And if the "bad girls" of Hockey can be there then shouldn't Scotty Lago be there too?

xoxo, 

ski girl

Lindsey Vonn is hurt but still competing in Ladies' Slalom

Lindsey Vonn broke her pinkie in this crash during her 1st GS run but that won't stop her from racing today.  Team doc's have  diagnosed her injury as a cracked proximal phalanx of the little finger.  This is at the base of the pinkie, where it connects to the hand. Do you ski?  Think about how you grip a ski pole.  Now think about Lindsey's injury..... Ouch!

What would you do if you broke your pinkie?

Go skiing?  What about competing?  Lindsey isn't known for letting injuries hold her back, think back to the "shin".   A broken pinkie will make it tough to grip a ski pole, but Lindsey has overcome this sort of thing before.  She raced the end of the season with her pole taped to her glove after slicing her thumb open on a champagne bottle last February.

Lindsey talks about her training runs yesterday on facebook.

lindsey vonn Just got off the training hill. SL training was OK, I still feel pretty beat up after my crash in GS yesterday. I was able to modify one of my gloves and make a brace for my right hand. It seemed to work without too much pain, so I will try and race tomorrow in the SL. Thanks for all of the support I appreciate it! xoxo LV

With duct tape, a mitten, a brace, some pain reliever, and that Lindsey Vonn grit, she will take to the hill today in the Ladies' Slalom.  Go Lindsey!  ski like a girl is cheering for you.  If you are anything like me and can't wait for NBC's coverage tonight then follow along HERE.

xoxo, 

ski girl

Friday's Winter Olympic Schedule

Friday's Winter Olympics schedule

Friday, February 26
All Times Pacific

Alpine Skiing
At Whistler Creekside
 Women’s Slalom First Run, 10 a.m.
 Women’s Slalom Second Run, 1:30 p.m.

 Biathlon
At Whistler Olympic Park
Men’s 4X7.5Km Relay, 11:30 a.m.

Bobsled
At The Whistler Sliding Centre
 Men’s Four-man Run 1, 1 p.m.
 Men’s Four-man Run 2, 2:30 p.m.

 Curling
At Vancouver Olympic Centre
Women’s Bronze Medal, 9 a.m.
 Women’s Gold Medal, 3 p.m.

 Ice Hockey
Men
At Canada Hockey Place
 Semifinal, Noon
 Semifinal, 6:30 p.m.

Short-Track Speedskating
At Pacific Coliseum
Men’s 500 Quarterfinals, 6 p.m.
 Women’s 1000 Quarterfinals, 6:14 p.m.
 Men’s 500 Semifinals, 6:45 p.m.
 Women’s 1000 Semifinals, 6:53 p.m.
 Men’s 500 Finals, 7:16 p.m.
 Women’s 1000 Finals, 7:26 p.m.
 Men’s 5000 Relay Finals, 7:52 p.m.

 Snowboard
At Cypress Mountain
 Women’s Parallel Giant Slalom Qualification, 10 a.m.
 Women’s Parallel Giant Slalom Elimination Run, 10:34 a.m.
 Women’s Parallel Giant Slalom First Round, 12:15 p.m.
 Women’s Parallel Giant Slalom Quarterfinals, 12:51 p.m.
 Women’s Parallel Giant Slalom Semifinals, 1:13 p.m.
 Women’s Parallel Giant Slalom Finals, 1:27 p.m.

 Speedskating
At Richmond Olympic Oval
 Men’s Team Pursuit Quarterfinals, 12:30 p.m.
 Women’s Team Pursuit Quarterfinals, 1:20 p.m.
 Men’s Team Pursuit Semifinals, 2:07 p.m.

ski like a girl will be watching the Ladies' Slalom.  Yes, Lindsey Vonn is hurt but she is racing!  The Women's  Parallel Giant Slalom should be awesome!  And Apolo Ohno is at it again tonight.
Ohno will skate in the 500 m and the 5,000 m team relay final, in what may be his final Olympic competitions.  You don't want to miss it!

xoxo,
ski girl
p.s.  Winter Games: Medal Count

			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.		United States	8	12	12	32
2.		Germany	8	11	7	26
3.		Norway	7	6	6	19

Julia Mancuso moves to 8th overall in GS

Julia Mancuso came back  from yesterday's unfortunate restart with today's third-fastest giant slalom run, moving up from 18th to eighth. Germany's Viktoria Rebensburg won gold.  With Tina Maze of Slovenia taking silver and  Austria's Elisabeth Goergl the bronze.

NBCOlympics

 

NBC Olympics is interviewing Julia Mancuso shortly. Have a question for her? Ask HERE.

What’s in store today for Team USA

Now that the Giant Slalom is over I need to decide what to do with the rest of my day.  Here's what Team USA is up to:

• Four-time Olympians Angela Ruggiero (Simi Valley, Calif.) and Jenny Potter (Edina, Minn.) lead the U.S. Women’s Hockey Team into the gold medal game against Canada Thursday at Canada Hockey Place.
• Men’s aerial finals include a pair of Olympic veterans, Jeret “Speedy” Peterson (Boise, Idaho) and Ryan St. Onge (Winter Park, Colo.), who will jump for medals on Cypress Mountain.
• Rachael Flatt (Del Mar, Calif.) and Mirai Nagasu (Arcadia, Calif.), who currently sit fifth and sixth respectively, will look to pull up to the podium when they compete in the ladies free skate at the Pacific Coliseum.
• The women’s cross country and men’s nordic combined teams will also vie for medals at Whistler Olympic Park.

To find out about upcoming events and results click here.

Olympics: Judging Fashion over Form

Norway's curling team pants have over 6,000 facebook fans. There's a second fan page with another 6,000 fans.  The pants, not the team.  I'm a fan.  Are you?

Team USA Snowboarding pants.  Nirvana on tour?  I like them. Casual is in.

Julia Mancuso is called an under dressed prom queen.  I  love Julia's Tiara, every ski girl should have one. 






What do you think of the Olympic fashion?

xoxo,
ski girl

Julia Mancuso's GS Times: Can she hold on to 3rd?!

Int 1 Int 2 Int 3 Finish

Run 1 Time (Diff) 18.63 (-0.04)    39.13 (+0.40)    56.33 (+0.84)    1:16.42 (+1.30)

Int 1 Int 2 Int 3 Finish

Run 2 Time (Diff) 17.71 (+0.30)    37.37 (+0.63)    52.13 (+0.20)    1:11.24 (+0.09)

Ladies' GS 2nd run on EuroSport Live

I have no idea what the announcer is saying but maybe you are more bilingual than me.  Click HERE right now to watch the Ladies Giant Slalom 2nd run live!!!!!

Lindsey Vonn & Julia Mancoso, frienemies?

A lot is being made of Julia Mancuso and Lindsey Vonn's relationship.  Teammates, friends, former friends, frienemies, out right rivals, which is it?

JuliaMancuso on twitter:

"been hearing lots of people thinking I'm mad at Lindsey for crashing... thats just ridiculous! bummed about the situation...not Lindsey"

Julia Mancuso from  facebook:

"I just want to share with everyone a little insight on the story about mine and Lindsey's relationship. Here is a profile where Lindsey says "We're friendly, but not friends" and you know what?? I don't really care, Lindsey doesn't really care.. I know I can speak for us both when I say we are both stoked when there... is an American on the podium, no matter who that is. Of course we both want to win.. but the truth is, everyone else seems to be more concerned about how we get along than we even think about it. We are all out there to ski fast and have fun. So save the drama for your mama!"

Frienemies:  a blurred friendship; a friend and a rival or enemy.  Julia and Lindsey, frienemies?  Do we care?  Not really. I'm with Julia leave the drama behind and focus on the skiing. They are both incredible skiers.  Shouldn't the focus be on that? This isn't The Real World Whistler it's the Olympics. Sorry about that broken finger Lindsey. Good luck today Jules! 

xoxo,
ski girl

Julia Mancuso talks GS & ...

Were you following the Ladies GS yesterday?  You should have been.  A combination of bad weather and the luck of the draw lead media to speculate that Lindsey Vonn's crash in the GS ruined Julia Mancuso's chances for Gold.  Julia is the Gold medal winner of the 2006 Ladies Giant Slalom.  Yesterday's mishap has her heading into the 2nd run 18th.

From Julia Mancuso's twitter following her second run down the GS course:

"that yellow flag in the GS was such... I just want to scream. I'm really miffed. Anyway, gotta take that energy and focus it for 2nd run."

It has since been removed from twitter due to some IOC violation.  No talking smack about course officials?  There was a rumor yesterday that a fine may be levied.  I don't see a problem with the tweet. Do you?


Julia Mancuso on facebook:

"1/2 of the race done. tomorrow morning 2nd run... I know thats strange... but i guess thats what is happening here cause the weather! I'm in 18th. only 1.3 out, anything is possible.. bummed about the yellow flag this morning, just watched my (2nd) run.. ran out of steam.. imagine running a 400 meter sprint, and them missing your time and making you run it again after 5 minutes... not easy."

This facebook note is okay by IOC rules?  An athlete can be bummed about a yellow flag but not say a yellow flag was such ...?   What does ... actually mean? 

I know what I think it means but I'll just leave it at ...
Leave your thoughts about ... in the comments. 

xoxo,
ski girl

Thursday's Winter Olympic Schedule

Thursday's Winter Olympics Schedule

Thursday, February 25
All Times Pacific


Giant Slalom (rescheduled from 2/24)
At Whistler Creekside
Ladies' 2nd run, 9:30 a.m.

Cross-Country Skiing
At Whistler Olympic Park
Women’s 4X5Km Relay Classic/Free, 11 a.m.

 Curling
At Vancouver Olympic Centre
 Women’s Semifinals, 9 a.m.
 Men’s Semifinals, 2 p.m.

 Figure Skating
At Pacific Coliseum
Women’s free program, 5 p.m.

 Freestyle Skiing
At Cypress Mountain
  Men’s Aerials, Final-Jump 1, 6 p.m.
 Men’s Aerials, Final-Jump 2, 6:28 p.m.


Ice Hockey
Women
At Canada Hockey Place
 Bronze Medal, 11 a.m.
 Gold Medal, 3:30 p.m

 Nordic Combined
At Whistler Olympic Park
 Individual jump (large hill), 10 a.m.
 Individual 10Km, 1 p.m.

Julia Mancuso from facebook 

"Run #2 at 930. These 2010 Olympics are almost done for me. This last run is for CR Johnson. Gonna rip it for you!!! CR was in Salt Lake City at my first Olympics, cheering for me. I know your here now and with everyone when they ski and push their limits. RIP."

Julia is heading into the second run 18th after yesterday's drama and disappointment.  She finished 1.3 seconds behind race leader Elisabeth Goergl of Austria. That's a lot of time to make up on the second run but not impossible.  Elizabeth took the bronze in the Ladies' Downhill on February 17th, to Julia's silver medal.

ski like a girl is cheering for you Julia!  I'm looking forward to you rockin' the podium in your tiara once again.  Click HERE to follow along or wait 10 plus hours for NBC's coverage tonight.  Your choice.  You know what I'll be doing.

xoxo, 

ski girl

p.s.  Winter Games: Medal Count

			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.		United States	7	9	12	28
2.		Germany	7	10	7	24
3.		Norway	6	6	6	18