Less than a year ago, Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn tore the anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament in her right knee and fractured her tibia during a harrowing ski accident in Schlamding , Austria .

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Vonn was airlifted by helicopter to a hospital in Schladming.

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January 7th it was announced that Lindsey Vonn’s Injured Knee Will Keep Her Out of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games, so the U.S. Olympic Committee announced today her spot on the U.S. Olympic Team would be filled by Barack Obama.

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U.S. Olympic officials said Obama deserved the spot on the team because no one has ever taken a country downhill faster than he has.