Comments On “Vonn keeps Olympic ambitions on track with first title”
Posted by ice3 on March 13th, 2008
What do we know about Lindsey Vonn or prior, Lindsey Kildow? To be honest, Not until I saw this newsletter, I know nothing about her. Actually, the reason why she caught my attention is the notion that she and compatriot Bode Miller could scoop the overall crowns for the US. I know Miller a lot. So I thought, she might be another talented athlete that I am supposed to pay attention to. And the fact is I am definitely right.
Lindsey Vonn, an elite member of the U.S. Ski Team’s alpine skiing program. As for the vast majority of people, she is hot, with beautiful face, long blonde hair, hot body that fits the sweater well. That is why she is totally the type that boys take home to mom. However, she is the girl way more than that. She rocked America all over before her marriage to 2002 Olympian and former U.S. Ski Team athlete Thomas Vonn. And most importantly, she did not loss much ambition on this sport and keeps amazing the world after marriage. Through February 9, 2008, she had already won five World Cup races during the season. As of that date, she held the overall lead in the women’s 2008 World Cup.
As for me, I feel relieved when I heard that she will keep her ambition on track in order to appear in 2008 Olympic with her body in shape. After all, as herself once said(as I paraphrased): having my husband Thomas around has given me stability, and it is him who keeps me sane. Whereas, she said as well that Olympic is the only thing that can arouse her great ambition and motivate her to go stronger. She is determined to this. Thus, I think it would be pretty lucky for us to see a talented and vigorous Vonn again in Olympics. In fact, I can not wait to see a breath taking performance from her in Beijing 2008 Olympics and I am sure that most of people would like to keep an eye on her since she is such an amazing athlete with a lot of potential.
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In addition, on the basis of all her accomplishments, the idea that we read from Maggie’s class just occurred to me when I am reading the newsletter. That is, what women should be or expected to do is playing the role well as polite spectators and applauding in ladylike fashion at male sports excellence but to exert themselves to sports as well. I think this is sort of the reason that why I know Miller a lot but meanwhile, know Vonn little. It is, to some extent, a stereotype that hampers our thinking. Thus, as for me, our society do have to call for more attention to these distinguished women athletes rather than regard them as buffoonish ones who do not deserve much ink on the newspapers and any other public magazines. After all, both men and women are equal from the very beginning. What women need is not to change “HISTORY” into “HERSTORY”, but to be treated equally in any realm. That is reasonable!
FOR SURE!