Summary: The skating and skiing of the Vancouver Winter Olympics begin this weekend. The two marquee names among the U.S. athletes in Canada are snowboarder Shaun “the flying tomato” White and downhill/slalom champion Lindsey Vonn. This is Vonn’s third Olympics but this time she’s at the top of her game and the pressure is great for her to achieve her potential of medals in all five of her events. Unfortunately, she sustained a deep shin bone contusion during a training run last week and is not 100% sure she’ll be able to go full throttle, especially in the slalom events where sharp curves around the markers require the boot to press heavily on the shin area....
