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Her skis were fast Thursday on the downhill. She finished 0.74 seconds ahead of Ragnhild Mowinckel, the Norwegian skier who had edged ahead of Vonn for the silver medal in the individual downhill event.

Shiffrin decided to skip the individual downhill to concentrate on the combined after weather conditions had forced race organizers to tighten the calendar. Shiffrin had already won the gold medal in the women’s giant slalom, but finished fourth in the regular slalom.

\"It was definitely helpful just to have a day where I wasn't mentally stressing about running this track or doing everything right,\" Shiffrin said about skipping the downhill.

Both Vonn and Shiffrin have also decided to skip the last race, the team event.

\"I came into these Olympics knowing I could be a medal threat in multiple disciplines. I didn’t even know how many I would ski,\" Shiffrin told reporters after the combined. \"After the gold in the giant slalom, I was really hopeful and positive. Then I had a tougher day in the slalom, but it still feels good though.\"

If Vonn had won a medal in the combined she would have tied the record for the most-decorated American female alpine skier at the Olympics, currently held by Julia Mancuso with four.

Vonn was the first U.S. female alpine skier to win in all five World Cup disciplines, reach 50 World Cup victories and the first U.S. skier, male or female, to win four overall World Cup titles. She had hoped to surpass Swedish skier Ingamar Stenmark’s record of 86 World Cup victories to add to her impressive list of accomplishments. She currently stands at 81 victories.

Her immediate future is undecided, but she says Beijing 2022 may just be too far. She will be 37 years old at the next Winter Olympics.

Vonn had dedicated these Olympics races to her grandfather, Don Kildow, who passed away in November.

\"I want so badly to do well for him,\" a tearful Vonn said just before the Olympics began. \"I miss him so much. He's been such a big part of my life, and I really hoped that he would be alive to see me. But I know he's watching, and I know that he's going to help me, and I'm going to win for him.\"

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