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Lindsey Vonn Wins Bronze Medal In Downhill At Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

In the downhill at what's believed to be her final Olympics, Lindsey Vonn hit speeds of nearly 70 mph as she scorched down the mountain. "I gave it all today, skied a great race," she said.
Bronze medalist Lindsey Vonn, right, celebrates on the podium with gold medalist Sofia Goggia of Italy, center, and silver medalist Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway, after the women's downhill in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

U.S. skiing star Lindsey Vonn turned in a time that was a half-second off the lead in the downhill Wednesday in South Korea, fast enough to win a medal in her final downhill race of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics – and almost certainly the last of her Olympic career. It's the third Olympic medal overall for Vonn.

"It was tough

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