Highlights from the 2010 Winter Games

Lindsey Vonn, right, took the women’s downhill gold medal, with her U.S. teammate and longtime rival Julia Mancuso, left, finishing half a second behind for the silver. Vonn, skiing with a bruised shin, is the first U.S. woman to win the downhill since the event began in 1948.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

U.S.A.’s Erin Pac, left, and Elana Meyers celebrate their bronze-medal win in the bobsleigh at the Vancouver Olympics.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Forward Bobby Ryan of the U.S. team is flipped by a check from Switzerland’s Mathias Seger in a quarterfinal playoff game at Canada Hockey Place in the Vancouver Olympics.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Bode Miller of the U.S. after missing a gate in the men’s giant slalom Tuesday.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Canada’s Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir complete their free skate in triumphant fashion, earning the gold medal in ice dance Monday night at Pacific Coliseum.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

A freestyle aerial skier makes a jump during practice before qualification on Monday at Cypress Mountain.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Charlotte Kalla of Sweden competes during the women’s cross-country skiing team sprint semifinal.  (Clive Rose / Getty Images)

The USA-3 four-man bobsled piloted by Mike Kohn, front, during an official training session at the Whistler sliding center during the Vancouver Winter Olympics.  (Leon Neal / AFP/Getty Images)

Fans watch the two-man bobsled event at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

The Canadian team of Lyndon Rush and Lascelles Brown crash during their two-man bobsled training run on Saturday at the Whistler Sliding Center.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Meng Wang of China takes out Katherine Reutter of the U.S. in a semifinal heat of the women’s 1,500-meter short-track speedskating at Pacific Coliseum. Wang was disqualified as Reutter was passed along to the final.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Lindsey Vonn of the United States celebrates after she crosses the finish line to win the bronze medal in the women’s super-giant slalom on Saturday at Whistler. Vonn now has two medals during the Vancouver Games, having won the downhill earlier this week.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Noelle Pikus-Pace completes her final run in women’s skeleton in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Italy’s Peter Fill, who was the runner-up in the 2009 world championships in the super-giant slalom, crashes on the last gate of the super-G on Friday at Whistler.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Canada’s Joannie Rochette, whose mother died of a heart attack last week, fights back tears after finishing her short program during the women’s figure skating competition Tuesday night at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Lindsey Von of the United States crashes into a fence during the first run of the women’s giant slalom at Whistler in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

American Bode Miller catches his breath at the finish line after earning a silver medal in the men’s super-giant slalom on Friday at Whistler. Miller became the most decorated Alpine skier in U.S. history with his fourth medal.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Julia Mancuso celebrates after completing her run in the women’s super combined. Mancuso won a silver medal in the event, and is only the fifth American woman to win two alpine skiing medals in the same Olympic Winter Games.  (Wally SKalij / Los Angeles Times)

American snowboarder Seth Wescott edges Canada’s Mike Robertson for the gold medal in the men’s snowboard cross finals.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

The USA’s Bode Miller heads to the finish line to win the bronze medal in the men’s downhill competition Monday in Whistler, Canada.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Bryon Wilson of the United States twists into his second maneuver on his way to a bronze medal in the men’s moguls at Cypress Mountain outside Vancouver.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Johnny Spillane helps the U.S. to a silver medal in the team Nordic combined event Tuesday in the Vancouver Winter Olympics.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Austrian Mario Stecher celebrates his team’s gold medal-winning finish in the team Nordic combined Tuesday as Bill Demong of the U.S. trails at Whistler, Canada.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Friends and relatives exult with Todd Lodwick, who helped secure the U.S.’ first medal -- a silver -- in the team Nordic combined Tuesday.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Chloe Dufour-Lapointe of Canada during her final run in the women’s moguls at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, on Saturday.  (Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press)

Russia’s Albert Demtschenko rounds the final turn during the men’s luge competition in Whistler, Canada.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)