‘Nothing like the Olympics on Earth’ says gold medallist Vonn

2010 gold medallist Lindsey Vonn says that competing at the Olympic Games is the dream of any athlete

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00:00The Olympics are so different from anything else, even from a world championships.

00:06You're representing your country in a totally different way.

00:10You know, you're so unified with your team and it's so many more sports than just your own,

00:17you know, and it's really special. I wish I could explain it better, but it's the most

00:25emotional. I mean, every time I see the Olympics, I hear the Olympic theme song,

00:30I pretty much cry. And that's, it means so much to me and it means so much to every Olympian.

00:36And that's what you dream about growing up. You know, you dream about the Olympics. It's just,

00:40it's different. I don't, you know, when you go to a world cup, it's,

00:45it's just, you know, the same thing you do every day. The Olympics are once every four years

00:50and there's nothing like it on earth.