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Vonn received abuse on Twitter after competing Saturday
She finished sixth in the women's Super G
Vonn spoke out against Donald Trump in a 2017 CNN interview
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Lindsey Vonn had barely finished her first race at PyeongChang 2018 when the online abuse resumed.
One of the most successful female ski racers of all time, Vonn had received comments in December from some people saying they hoped she’d break her neck after she told CNN in an interview she wouldn’t visit the White House should she win a medal at the Winter Olympics.
“Well I hope to represent the people of the United States, not the president,” the 33-year-old American had told CNN’s Alpine Edge late last year.
Having missed out on the podium after making a costly mistake on the last turn of Saturday’s women’s super-G competition, Vonn once again found herself on the receiving end of a stream of negative comments, with some even wishing her physical harm.
The hate tweets prompted US soccer star Julie Foudy to write on Twitter: “I just spent last 20 min’s reading thru tweets directed at @lindseyvonn. Sickened & disgusted once again by the lack of humanity that engulfs our country.
“She just raced her damn heart out & Trump supporters gloat/cheer/celebrate her inability to medal. Is this what we’ve become?”
Vonn in action in the super-G event.
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Vonn is consoled at the finish after skiing in the super-G Saturday.
“It’s ok Julie. Not everyone has to like me but my family loves me and I sleep well at night. I work hard and try to be the best person I can be. If they don’t like me their loss I guess.”
There was also plenty of support for Vonn, including people wishing her luck in her next race, the women’s downhill, on February 21, in which she is a serious gold medal contender.
Russia hockey sketch
Pyeongchang Closing Ceremony
Team USA wins first men's curling gold.
USA women beat Canada for ice hockey gold.
Sweden's Andre Myhrer wins combined gold.
Hungary's gold medal-winning short track skater Sandor Liu Shaolin embraces girlfriend Elise Christie.
US skier David Wise wins second straight Olympic halfpipe gold.
Kikkan Randall and Jessica Diggins win first US women's cross-country skiing gold.
Lindsey Vonn wins downhill bronze.
Sofia Goggia wins downhill gold.
Nigeria women's bobsleigh.
Martin Fourcade
Canada's ice dance gold medalists Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir.
Team USA reach the men's ice hockey quarterfinals.
Cassie Sharpe
Lindsey Vonn
Canada tied for bobsleigh gold with Germany
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir
Gus Kenworthy
Gianluca Costantini
Nao Kodaira
Ester Ledecka
Marit Bjoergen
Lizzy Yarnold
Matthias Mayer
Coy Wire
Yuzuru Hanyu
Michela Moioli
Pierre Vaultier
Mikaela Shiffrin
Aksel Lund Svindal
Shaun White
Chloe Kim
Marcel Hirscher
Adam RIppon
Mirai Nagasu
Red Gerard
Shiva Keshavan
Charlotte Kalla
Shani Davis
Kim Yo Yong and US vice president Mike Pence
Pita Taufatofua
The moments of the 2018 Winter Olympics -- in drawings
Although the online abuse of athletes has long been present in tennis, where disgruntled bettors often take to social media after losing money on matches, it seems to have now crossed over into the Olympics as well.
‘Respect the athletes’
Earlier in the week, Canadian short track speed skater Kim Boutin turned her social media accounts to private after receiving online abuse – including death threats – after a controversial finish to the women’s 500-meter race.
Boutin had won the bronze medal after South Korean medal hope Choi Min-jeong was disqualified for interfering.
Short track is one of the most popular sports in South Korea.
The Korean Herald newspaper reported Boutin’s Twitter and Instagram accounts had attracted more than 10,000 comments from Korean fans, attacking the Canadian with abusive messages written both in Korean and in English.
Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu performs his free skate on his way to winning the gold medal. Hanyu is the first man to repeat as Olympic champion since Dick Button in 1952.
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American figure skater Nathan Chen, coming off a disappointing short program on Friday, landed a record six quads -- five of them cleanly -- during his free skate on Saturday. He had the best free skate of the day but still finished out of the medals.
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Ester Ledecka pulled off a shocking victory in the women's super-G. Ledecka, a 22-year-old from the Czech Republic, is more known for her snowboarding -- she was a world champion last year in the parallel giant slalom. But now she is an Olympic champion in skiing after winning the super-G by just 0.01 of a second. Next week, she will make history again as the first Olympic athlete to compete in both snowboarding and Alpine skiing.
Alessandro Trovati/AP
American skier Lindsey Vonn reacts after her super-G run. She finished tied for sixth after slipping near the end of her run.
Christophe Ena/AP
American Jordan Greenway gets checked by Russian Nikolai Prokhorkin during the preliminary round of play. The Olympic Athletes from Russia imposed their will in a 4-0 men's hockey win over the United States.
Matt Slocum/AP
Great Britain's Lizzy Yarnold celebrates at the finish line in the women's skeleton event. She won the gold medal.
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Stadium crew members prepare the snow at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre.
Jae C. Hong/AP
Short-track speedskater John-Henry Krueger celebrates with the American flag after winning silver in the 1,000 meters. Canada's Samuel Girard won the gold.
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Ukaine's Oleksandr Abramenko jumps during the men's aerial qualifying.
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Great Britain's Elise Christie, left, and China's Li Jinyu crash during a short-track semifinal for the 1,500 meters. Christie was taken off the ice on a stretcher.
Julie Jacobson/AP
Angelina Golikova, a speedskater from Russia, photobombs teammate Kseniya Sadouskaya and her coach during a practice session.
John Locher/AP
Marit Bj?rgen, top, celebrates with Ingvild Flugstad ?stberg after Norway won a cross-country relay. With the victory, Bj?rgen became the most decorated Winter Olympian ever. She now has 13 Olympic medals, tying her with Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bj?rndalen.
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Italian speedskaters practice for the team pursuit race.
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A spectator cheers for Norway during a men's curling match.
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The women's curling team from China celebrates after a win over Japan.
Aaron Favila/AP
The Olympic rings are reflected in a spectator's sunglasses before the start of the women's super-G.
Christophe Ena/AP
Dominik Kubalik of the Czech Republic shoots the puck against Canada's Ben Scrivens during a preliminary round hockey game.
Julio Cortez/AP
German figure skater Paul Fentz reacts to his free-skate score.
Bernat Armangue/AP
Canadian skier Kim Lamarre competes in the slopestyle competition.
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Winter Olympics: Saturday, February 17
“The health, safety and security of all our team members is our top priority and as such we are working closely with Speed Skating Canada, our security personnel and the (Canadian police),” the Canadian Olympic team said in a statement.
International Olympic Committe spokesman Mark Adams added: “None of us can control social media and the public has the right to say what they want but we would ask anyone to respect the athletes and respect their work.
“These Olympics are about bringing different countries together to compete in a spirit of friendship.”
