![]() ![]() WHISTLER, BC - FEBRUARY 17: Lindsey Vonn of the United States celebrates with her gold medal during. I only met her for 90 seconds and after that I wanted to be an Olympian and I wanted to be just like her.” “But Picabo just really had a presence about her and so much confidence and just had this incredible personality and really sucked me in. I had known Kristina Koznick, who's another racer in Minnesota, she was there as well. “When I met her in Minnesota at an autograph signing, at a small ski shop, she was just this larger than life person. “But Picabo was one of the people that I was able to see and I know she got the silver medal in Lillehammer (’94) and the gold in Nagano (’98), so she was really leading the way for American ski racers. “There really weren't a lot of people to watch in ski racing growing up racing really wasn't on TV,” Lindsey said. Vonn believes the doc captures what made Picabo her hero at a young age. So her story is very interesting and also very impactful on so many levels.” Her family came from very little means and she was able to get to basically the top of the world. “And again, no one knew that at the time, so I think her story is one of an American dream. Mandatory Credit: Mike Powell/Allsport +++ 1998 STORY OF THE YEAR: USA ski racer Picabo Street takes home gol Getty Images ![]() the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan. : Picabo Street of the USA poses with her gold medal from the Women''s Super-G during. Her ascent to that position was very, very bumpy. “She had immense success and discipline that we hadn't really seen before and her life, we didn't know at the time, was very tumultuous. She was the first woman to win a downhill title in the US,” Lindsey said. “She's obviously been very successful and was someone that really paved the way for me in American ski racing. Vonn, who first met Street at an autograph signing at age nine before joining her on Team USA for the 2002 Olympics, detailed what makes Picabo a compelling subject for a documentary in the golden age of sports docs. “I'm excited for everyone else to watch it, because I already know what the story is, but I'm excited for everybody else to know it as well.” ![]() ![]() “All of those things added up to having a lot of pressure for my first major project but I think in the end we accomplished something really amazing, which is to be able to tell Picabo's story in a very authentic and raw way, and I know that she's very proud of the project and is very happy with the outcome. ![]()
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