on thursday r thursday, he will skate for the gold against gold medal champion plesh encompany. a lot of people are excited to see how lindsey vonn is doing. she announced she had the deep bruise on her shin a week ago. she has been out on the slopes and hits them today for economic. finally the first of her five competitions. now, a couple of things going her way. first thing there have been delays. she had a chance to heal a little bit and got a middle draw. that s exactly where you want to be in the downhill because it is early enough to scope out the course with the other skiers. not so late that the course is torn up. one concern, though, as i was talking to picabo street, the course is a little bumpy. they are concerned about how lit hit that shin. so we will keep our eye on that. lindsey vonn has said that she s feeling good. better than she would have expected going into the delayed downhill. and she s ready to go, contessa.
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cooperates. three-time olympian and 1998 gold medalist picabo street joins us live. thanks for joining us. thanks for having me. i ll let you give me a quick weather report today. how does it look out there? i actually was at the mountain where the today show set is and it was really chilly up there this morning. i was pleasantly surprised to find out that it felt wintry finally. yeah, and that s something we ve been waiting on because you saw your friend, lindsey vonn, her training runs at the end of last week delayed because of the weather, but i understand she got a chance to test it out and it s a big day for her on wednesday. what are your thoughts about the challenge she faces, that she has to play injured here. she does but lindsey can beat the world at 80% right now which is going to be embarrassing for them when she does. i love it. the slalom on her leg yesterday and was pleasantly surprised at how well it worked, how manageable the pain was, and how well she
week. for those who are keeping track already, the u.s. leads the way so far in the medals count. alex? we are keeping track. thank you so much, michele franzen. as we ve mentioned the warm weather in vancouver has led to the postponement of some alpine skiing events but this could help lindsey vonn resting a painful shin injury. champion skier picabo street has been in vonn s shoes weeks before the 1998 nagano games street suffered an injury similar to vonn s. street was able to pull through and she won the gold. this morning street spoke with my colleagues at the today show about what lies ahead for vonn. well, everybody s kind of nervous, but at the same time, everybody knows lindsey, how strong she is, and this rain delay has been the biggest blessing we could have all asked for. people are optimistic and they re positive as i am, and the general out there is okay, let s get on with it she s going to win. you mentioned the rain delay, yesterday and today s practice