JOHANNESBURG – South Africa will have a lonely participant at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang from February 9 to 25 after Connor Wilson was selected to fly the flag in South Korea.
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• In the Winter Olympics and beyond, Lindsey Vonn is the face of alpine skiing for Americans.
• She began skiing at the age of three and competing at the age of six.
Triple Olympian Torah Bright was left out of Australia's winter team Thursday, as officials said they had selected their "best performed" line-up for the Pyeongchang Games.
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• In the Winter Olympics and beyond, Lindsey Vonn is the face of alpine skiing for Americans.
• She began skiing at the age of three and competing at the age of six.
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Former overall World Cup winner Lara Gut put her injury nightmare of the past year behind her claiming victory in the final Super G before the Winter Olympics at Cortina d'Ampezzo on Sunday.
Lindsey Vonn warned there would be no holds barred as the US ski star's bid to recapture the Olympic downhill title was boosted with a World Cup win in Cortina d'Ampezzo on Saturday.
The hosting of Kitzbuehel's famed, white-knuckled downhill on Saturday will be particularly poignant after two deaths this season, but a top official stressed that the high-octane sport will never be without danger and racers must handle their own risk management.
American alpine skiing star Lindsey Vonn again set the pace dominating for the second day of downhill training ahead of the women's World Cup at Cortina d'Ampezzo on Thursday.
