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Vonn has fastest training time after 25 racers
Posted: 02.15.2010 at 2:43 PM
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WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — Even with a painfully bruised right shin, Lindsey Vonn still has the fastest time after the first 25 competitors through the upper section of the course in a downhill training run.

The women will ski the bottom section later Monday, following the conclusion of the men's downhill race — the first Alpine competition at the Vancouver Games. Vonn finished in 1 minute, 30.75 seconds, which was 0.39 seconds faster than U.S. teammate Julia Mancuso.

Vonn injured her shin Feb. 2 during pre-Olympic practice in Austria. She stayed off skis for more than a week, but tested the injury out — with positive results — in a slalom training run Sunday.

Before Monday, the women's downhill training run was wiped out three times by weather.

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