WHISTLER, B.C. – Please make it stop! Lindsey Vonn’s pain in her shin is starting to become a pain in everyone else’s ass.

Statements and comments about the Olympic skier’s injury are becoming as obnoxious as when a 4-year-old with a tiny knick on their pinky spends an entire week sticking their finger in your face whining, “I got a boo-boo.”

Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford threw a touchdown pass with a separated shoulder minutes after taking a crushing hit from a 300-pound defensive lineman to win a game against the Cleveland Browns then came back and played through the injury in another game four days later.

Ex-Minnesota Viking lineman Ed White finished an NFL game after breaking his arm, those are inspirational athletes that have played through serious injuries and pain.

Everyone was well aware of Vonn’s injury prior to the Olympics and knew she had to tough it out to compete and that skiing with a deep bruise to the shin would be extremely challenging.

An inspirational story and plot was all laid out. That is until the overabundance of complaints and comments about the injured shin surpassed the intolerable level deflating the inspirational aspects of the story and instead converting it to waterboarding-type torture levels of “Someone please make it stop!”

Like many other Olympic skiers have done in the past, Lindsey Vonn wiped out in the slalom run of the super-combined and was eliminated from yesterday’s event. The spill caused by a common skiing blunder ended Vonn’s bid for her second Olympic medal when she failed to maneuver her ski around a right-hand gate and fell.

With a lot of the media and public burned out on hearing about her injury Vonn again said her shin was “killing me”. She did, however, go on to admit the real culprit in this loss was her mistake.

“The shin wasn’t the reason why I didn’t finish the race,” said Vonn. “It was just because I hooked a tip, and that happens in ski racing all the time. I just wish it wasn’t at the Olympic Games.”

The day did however not end without more attention to the leg. After performing the fastest morning downhill run in the morning, Vonn again referred to her, you guessed it . . . her pain in her shin. “It hurts so bad,” Vonn said. “It’s one thing to do the downhill, but the super-combined is really tough on my shin. I tried as hard as I could.”

Husband Thomas Vonn commented on her injury. “It did play a role in the fact that she hasn’t been able to ski slalom in, like, three weeks,” said Thomas Vonn. “She had the mindset of going for gold and it’s the Olympics. That’s what you’re here for, and she’s capable of winning. So she wanted to go for it, and not ski safe and go for a silver or bronze.”

In another recent whining session, Vonn said, “It’s not good. It’s really hurting and I’m just struggling with it but there’s nothing really I can do. I just have to try to do therapy and try to tough it out today, and then tomorrow will be a good day off.”

“It was a long, long day yesterday, and I didn’t get as much rest as I was hoping for,” she said. “Especially with my shin, I need a little bit more time and therapy to try to get it to feel better.”

And we need therapy to get this redundant, obnoxious ringing in our ears to go away.

Please, make it stop!

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WHISTLER, B.C. – America has a tendency to latch onto sexy athletes and this Winter Olympic Games offers both genders an opportunity to follow their favorite competitors. After her recent Sports Illustrated bikini photo shoot, female skier Lindsey Vonn joined those ranks along with American speedskater Apolo Ohno.

Lindsey Vonn

After a few great test runs in the downhill on Monday, America’s favorite Lindsey Vonn has said she plans on competing in all five Alpine events.

Skiing through intense pain, Vonn managed to turn in the fastest time in the upper section during the downhill training. Prepping for the course, she took painkillers and numbed the area before popping on her skis but still felt the effects of the jarring course.

“The course here is just so bumpy,” said Vonn. “It’s one thing when you inspect it and you’re like, ‘OK, this is going to be a little rattley.’ But it was jarring. It was a fight just to make it down the whole way.”

Vonn, who’s photo graced the controversial cover of Sports Illustrated recently, is the two-time defending World Cup overall champion.

The sexy blonde has since grown to become one of America’s sexiest female athletes and just as her popularity was skyrocketing through the roof, she bruised her right shin during a pre-Olympic practice in Austria on Feb. 2.

Vonn got a little help from Mother Nature when the women’s downhill training run was postponed and had to be rescheduled three times due to adverse weather conditions. Those delays were due to fog, snow and rain and while they offered extra time for Vonn to heal, they also battered the course.

After staying off the slopes for several days she finally tested her injury and as expected there’s a decent amount of pain. The biggest contributor to her pain appears to be the giant jump at the bottom of the run.

“That really hurt,” Vonn said. “It’s throbbing really bad. I just have to be able to grit my teeth and fight through it on Wednesday and hopefully I can still come out on top.”

For the record, Vonn is married to husband Thomas Vonn, who is the skier’s coach and advisor. Thomas commented on his wife’s ability to compete during these Winter Games. “I don’t see any reason why she’d pull out of any of them,” said Thomas. “She knows she’s going to be ready but she expected it to hurt less today than it did. That’s kind of where it’s at on that front.”

Apolo Ohno

Competing in his third Winter Olympics, Ohno tied speedskating great Bonnie Blair for most medals won by a U.S. Winter Olympian when he glided to Silver in the 1,500meter to ice medal No. 6 on Saturday.

The young American who has made the ‘soul patch’ sexy intends on adding more was in the bag.

Many are considering Ohno’s medal as a gift since the Korean team was storming to the finish looking certain to sweep the podium with Gold, Silver and Bronze until two of them wiped out on the final turn, allowing Ohn to glide to the Silver Medal.

Regardless of that one race, this dude stands out from his competitors many times staying at the back of the pack before deciding to make a late move and fly past everyone like they are standing still.

“Pretty intense,” Ohno said. “This is what this sport is all about.”

After winning that silver, Ohno now has two medals of each color and squeaked past Eric Heiden as the most decorated American male at the Winter Games.

Heiden is currently the team doctor for U.S. Speedskating and praised Ohno.

“The thing that really sets him apart is he’s been doing this for a number of years,” said Heiden. “We’ve learned to appreciate what dedication and hard work he’s had to put in. He’s a product of both those things.”

Ohno has three more opportunities in Vancouver to pass Blair in total medals when he competes in two individual races and the team relay.

“I’ve come prepared, more than I’ve ever prepared for anything in my life,” said Ohno. “I’m in a very, very good place. It feels like home soil to me. We just have so much support in the crowd.”

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NBC Olympics.com – NBC.com

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