Lindsey Vonn’s announcement that she is pulling out of the Sochi Olympics because of her injured right knee robbed the Winter Games of arguably its biggest star and left television partners and sponsors scrambling to answer the question: What marquee names actually will be competing for the United States?
I would answer Ted Ligety, Mikaela Shiffrin, and Julia Mancuso but none of those three are celebrities and of the three Ligety and Shiffrin are consistent winners. Of course, the question is which skier will take the place of Lindsey in Vogue and People Magazine.
We here at The Wisconsin Skier wish Lindsey well and hope she will be back soon to to cement her place in ski history!
