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great2bahokie
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She did EARN the right to compete. She DID qualify.

How do you take that away from someone...if they decide they still want to give it a shot?
Posted: 02/03/2026 at 02:22 PM ET
(In response to this post by hoosnowahokie)

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Lindsey Vonn ruptered her ACL and will still compete in the Olympics anyway
great2bahokie • 02/03/26 11:07 AM ET
Rub some snow on it**
TomTurkey • 02/03/26 08:29 PM ET
The tussin is kicking in and she'll be fine**
Happy Dog • 02/03/26 05:08 PM ET
If she could handle Tiger and his strippers, she can take anything **
Baltimore Hokie • 02/03/26 05:06 PM ET
She is one tough woman!**
HOKIERIT • 02/03/26 04:29 PM ET
This is a highly respectful, entirely un-Lounge-like post and thread. **
RhinoVT • 02/03/26 02:14 PM ET
Finally...the voice of reason.**
HOKIERIT • 02/03/26 04:34 PM ET
Quitting now won’t define her. Giving it the old cartilage try!**
PhotoHokieNC • 02/03/26 12:47 PM ET
Remember [???] Scruggs from Olympic vault competition?**
TomTurkey • 02/03/26 12:50 PM ET
No, actually.**
PhotoHokieNC • 02/03/26 01:00 PM ET
Had a leg injury. Made her last vault and stuck the landing.
TomTurkey • 02/03/26 01:18 PM ET
I think you are right...Carrie Suggs sounds right. SHE was tough as well!**
HOKIERIT • 02/03/26 04:35 PM ET
Brown Water corrected her name, Keri Stug. **
TomTurkey • 02/03/26 04:51 PM ET
Oh...I still got it wrong, but i knew who you meant😵‍💫**
HOKIERIT • 02/03/26 04:54 PM ET
Kerri Strug**
Brown Water • 02/03/26 01:33 PM ET
OK..KERRI Sugg!**
HOKIERIT • 02/03/26 04:36 PM ET
Tough as nails!**
EDGEMAN • 02/03/26 01:43 PM ET
Thanks - close, and I don't smoke [cigars] **
TomTurkey • 02/03/26 01:35 PM ET
I think this is a bad idea
capitals1 • 02/03/26 12:10 PM ET
Maybe (hopefully ) a good doctor told her she had to have reconstructive->
HOKIERIT • 02/03/26 04:39 PM ET
Considering she's done this before & it didn't work out then....SMH. She is
Vtskier1 • 02/03/26 12:46 PM ET
Is she not basically taking a spot away from someone else to compete?
hoosnowahokie • 02/03/26 12:54 PM ET
That's kind of what competition is all about, isn't it?**
PhotoHokieNC • 02/03/26 01:15 PM ET
Separates everyone else from...me**
TomTurkey • 02/03/26 01:28 PM ET
I'm not putting a stock car out there with a cut tire
hoosnowahokie • 02/03/26 01:24 PM ET
She did EARN the right to compete. She DID qualify. ◄
great2bahokie • 02/03/26 02:22 PM ET
Vonn’s earned the slot. As it’s been explained, without her
PhotoHokieNC • 02/03/26 02:20 PM ET
OUCH......**
HOKIERIT • 02/03/26 04:40 PM ET
Even with the brace, doubt she'll be close to her times on 2 good legs**
EDGEMAN • 02/03/26 01:44 PM ET
Like Ricky Bobby once said, if you're not first, you're last. The Olympics
Vtskier1 • 02/03/26 02:17 PM ET
That is the problem. She's one of only a few who has a chance of winning a
Vtskier1 • 02/03/26 01:10 PM ET
Grant Noel did the same thing for VT in 2002.
Chris ColemanAdmin • 02/03/26 11:42 AM ET
Doh, Grant Noel! I was thinking Glennon but that's right, it was earlier**
Nova Hokie 95 • 02/03/26 12:37 PM ET
Grant was our first Noel.**
PhotoHokieNC • 02/03/26 12:43 PM ET
FTR, he committed as a HS junior **
TomTurkey • 02/03/26 01:30 PM ET
Leesin to me Linsee - Consantrate - Ju caan do eet!
VT BronzeBacker • 02/03/26 11:38 AM ET
A valiant effort, but that definitely puts her behind the 8-ball.
EDGEMAN • 02/03/26 11:20 AM ET