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__**Lindsey Vonn Biography**__  By Kyle  Skiier Lindsey Vonn is soon going to compete in the 2010 Olympics and she had to go through a lot to earn this achievement.  First, Lindsey has to practice for six to eight hours, six days a week.One of the workouts Lindsey must do is balance in a tuck on an exercise ball. But even with practicing that amount of time doesn't mean she'll be ready for everything that could happen on the course. In fact, Lindsey has damaged herself on many courses. For example, on February 13  th  , 2006 she crashed and had to be evacuated by helicopter. Another example, in the 2007 World Championship she sprained her knee.  Lindsey also had to collect tons of titles to get to the Olympics such as First Woman for Back-to-Back or First Woman on the Super G. With all of her preperation, in 2009 she broke Tamara Mckinney's record of World Cups and is only trailing behind Bode Miller's record. Lindsey is also crowned as Best Female Alpine Skiier. Lindsey may have had her wins, but she's also had losses. In the Super Combined Event she was disqualified for splitting a gate.  Lindsey isn't the only one in her family to compete in the Olympics. Thomas Vonn (Lindsey's husband and former Alpine skiier Olympist) competed in the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City. His best finish in an international competition was ninth. Lindsey and Thomas are part of the U.S. Ski Team in which both can represent as one of the best athletes in the country. In this organiztion, Lindsey gets practice from the mountains and ski the mountain for preperation.  Obviously, Lindsey went through an everlasting amount of challenges to reach the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Olympics.