This must be one of the most spectacular bronze medals I have ever seen. Yesterday we were all devastated seeing Anja Pärson crash in the most terrible way in the downhill competition. Battered and bruised, not even Anja herself was sure whether she would be able to compete in today's super-combined downhill and slalom. Only five minutes before the downhill competition started, she decided to take part after all and was soon on her way down the same slope where she fell yesterday. After this (successful) first run she was 1.41 seconds behind the leader, Lindsey Vonn. Again Anja wasn't sure if she would be able to continue the competition because of the pain, but she decided to do so and managed to produce a more than decent second run in the slalom, which resulted in a bronze medal (her sixth Olympic medal).

Maria Riesch won the gold medal, Julia Mancuso finished second, whereas Lindsey Vonn unfortunately wasn't able to finish today. Congratulations, Anja!

Image from SvD.