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...looking beyond these shores, let's also appreciate a stunning development: Team U.S.A. kicked a ton of butt. The U.S. topped the medals table, winning 37 in all, the most by any single country in Winter Olympics history. The heavily hyped faces, like snowboarder Shaun White, downhill skier Lindsey Vonn, long-track speed skater Shani Davis, men's figure skater Evan Lysacek, all delivered golds. Apolo Ohno now has eight medals, more than any other U.S. Winter Olympian. Bode Miller, the Torino pariah who came out of retirement to give the Olympics one more go, showed that when expectations...
...heavy medal favorite. To the stunned amazement of the many Austrian fans roving around Whistler, the performance has been something of a national nightmare in the sport the Austrians have dominated. The Yanks, on the other hand, have always done well in Canada. Gold and bronze medalist Lindsey Vonn practically owns Lake Louise, a stop on the women's tour. Throw in Julia Mancuso's two silvers and the U.S. alpine team has now won seven medals at the Vancouver games, its highest total ever. Whistler isn't exactly home cooking, but you can smell it from here...
...prepared for the post-Olympics fame crush? Though Olympic athletes tend to fade from consciousness after the closing ceremonies, Vonn's photogenic face, trumped so incessantly by NBC during a relatively high-rated Winter Games, isn't going anywhere soon. "I don't know, I think I blend in pretty well," she says about the potential of being hassled by strangers on the street. "If I put on a baseball cap, no one would really recognize me." (See 25 Olympic athletes to watch...
...that she's going to hide. Vonn knows she's a hot ticket, and is ready to cash in. "I'm excited about it," Vonn says of her commercial prospects. Red Bull, Under Armour and Vail Resorts are among her current backers. "I just hope, with this success, I can build more great relationships, and yeah, we'll see how it goes. I'm anticipating a lot of fun things to come...
...Will Saturday Night Live be one of them? "I'm hoping for it," she says. "I've got to call [NBC Sports chairman] Dick Ebersol to see if SNL will have me. I have some ideas." An appearance by Vonn may not get Woods' ratings, but it would be worth tuning...