Stop me if this sounds familiar: A U.S. skier blows away the competition and wins a World Cup overall title with the Winter Olympics looming in the distance. Predicting gold in all five races is far from a stretch. Suddenly, a story about celebrating and champagne bubbles to the top of the story.
“I feel,†Lindsey Vonn said Thursday, “like I’m pretty much the exact opposite of Bode Miller.â€
The soft laughter in the background is unmistakable, even though she’s chuckling into a phone halfway around the world. Everybody else who knows what Vonn is about—hard work and nothing but—might not find the comparison so amusing… Details