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HuskyNan said:
I went to college in upper New York State only 20 miles from Canada and watched a lot of Canadian tv. Curling is a big thing up there so I developed a liking for it. It’s great the U.S. is doing so well in this cool sport

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My father-inlaw designed and oversaw construction of a lot of the facilities for the Lake Placid Winter Olympics. A perk that went home with him was about 2 dozen curling stones. He lined part of his driveway with them! After he passed on we hauled them to Montana where they serve the same purpose.
 
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Good action in the men’s XC sprint finals. US won first medal since Bill Koch in 1976 in XC. Norwegian man had incredible sprint uphill.

Nice to see Redding woman in the moguls as well.
 
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oldude said:
Congratulations to Breezy Johnson for winning the 1st US gold medal in the women’s downhill. At the same time, I wish someone had been able to step in and persuade/order Lindsey Vonn not to compete with her torn ACL. At high speeds it’s nearly impossible for a skier to hold their line without 2 stable legs. Vonn’s injury today was both tragic and predictable.
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The surgeon who replaced my right ACL a couple decades ago was the orthopod for the Phoenix indoor soccer team. He told me half the players were missing at least one ACL, but that their thigh muscles were trained so hard they held the knees together under the huge stresses of high-level soccer. The players couldn't afford the time it would take to heal and regain their conditioning.

Lindsey had consulted with some of the best orthopods in the world before deciding to resume competition after the ACL tear, and they gave their assent. She came in 3rd in the course familiarization race on the same course as her crash. She has raced this course 18 times previously, winning 6 and being on the podium for 6 more.

Lindsey's statement is that she missed her line into the turn by 5 inches, caught the flag with her arm and was rotated by the impact, after which it was all over at those speeds. She and her doctors both assert the knee was not the cause of her error.

There was nothing predictable about the crash, other than that there is always a chance of failure at the ridiculous speeds the competitors achieve.
 
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JRRRJ said:
The surgeon who replaced my right ACL a couple decades ago was the orthopod for the Phoenix indoor soccer team. He told me half the players were missing at least one ACL, but that their thigh muscles were trained so hard they held the knees together under the huge stresses of high-level soccer. The players couldn't afford the time it would take to heal and regain their conditioning.

Lindsey had consulted with some of the best orthopods in the world before deciding to resume competition after the ACL tear, and they gave their assent. She came in 3rd in the course familiarization race on the same course as her crash. She has raced this course 18 times previously, winning 6 and being on the podium for 6 more.

Lindsey's statement is that she missed her line into the turn by 5 inches, caught the flag with her arm and was rotated by the impact, after which it was all over at those speeds. She and her doctors both assert the knee was not the cause of her error.

There was nothing predictable about the crash, other than that there is always a chance of failure at the ridiculous speeds the competitors achieve.
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Yes, it’s possible to compete with a torn ACL, particularly if you are moving straight ahead. But anytime you turn or cut on a torn ACL, your leg lacks stability, no matter how strong your thigh and quads are. It’s no coincidence that Lindsey Vaughn’s accident occurred while attempting a turn at 70-80 mph.

She missed her line by 5” in a downhill race? If it were slalom I could see it. But honestly, how often, if ever, have you seen a championship skier catch a gate on downhill.
 
JRRRJ said:
The surgeon who replaced my right ACL a couple decades ago was the orthopod for the Phoenix indoor soccer team. He told me half the players were missing at least one ACL, but that their thigh muscles were trained so hard they held the knees together under the huge stresses of high-level soccer. The players couldn't afford the time it would take to heal and regain their conditioning.

Lindsey had consulted with some of the best orthopods in the world before deciding to resume competition after the ACL tear, and they gave their assent. She came in 3rd in the course familiarization race on the same course as her crash. She has raced this course 18 times previously, winning 6 and being on the podium for 6 more.

Lindsey's statement is that she missed her line into the turn by 5 inches, caught the flag with her arm and was rotated by the impact, after which it was all over at those speeds. She and her doctors both assert the knee was not the cause of her error.

There was nothing predictable about the crash, other than that there is always a chance of failure at the ridiculous speeds the competitors achieve.
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Glad you stated this. In watching this over and over, it was clear she just cut that line too tight, and a couple of others before her were cutting it close, too. The announcer early on said that the snow was great for taking chances, not too icy so you could really take aggressive lines.
 
JRRRJ said:
The surgeon who replaced my right ACL a couple decades ago was the orthopod for the Phoenix indoor soccer team. He told me half the players were missing at least one ACL, but that their thigh muscles were trained so hard they held the knees together under the huge stresses of high-level soccer. The players couldn't afford the time it would take to heal and regain their conditioning.

Lindsey had consulted with some of the best orthopods in the world before deciding to resume competition after the ACL tear, and they gave their assent. She came in 3rd in the course familiarization race on the same course as her crash. She has raced this course 18 times previously, winning 6 and being on the podium for 6 more.

Lindsey's statement is that she missed her line into the turn by 5 inches, caught the flag with her arm and was rotated by the impact, after which it was all over at those speeds. She and her doctors both assert the knee was not the cause of her error.

There was nothing predictable about the crash, other than that there is always a chance of failure at the ridiculous speeds the competitors achieve.
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Thanks for that info. So many social media “experts” claim her injury was predictable based on the ACL injury. I have read some reports wondering why the gate panel didn’t tear away more easily which might have minimized Vonn’s sideway rotation.
 
I like how many sports have Mixed Team events now. Nice seeing the USA ski jump team today. Finished in 7th place which is awesome and all four athletes are so young. They can only get better. Congratulations to them.
 
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