Winter Olympics (Feb. 17)

Photos from the women's downhill ski event, including Lindsey Vonn's finish and a crash near the end of the course by Switzerland's Dominique Gisin. Also, snowboarding, curling, hockey, ski jumping and the luge.

Section:Gallery

Wed., Feb. 17, 2010

Lindsey Vonn of the United States is airborne during the women's downhill at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010.

Luca Bruno Associated Press
Lindsey Vonn of the United States reacts in the finish area after completing the women's downhill at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010.

Gero Breloer Associated Press
Lindsey Vonn of the United States reacts in the finish area after completing the Women's downhill at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010.

Gero Breloer Associated Press
Switzerland's Dominique Gisin crashes as she approaches the finish in the women's downhill at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010.

Charlie Riedel Associated Press
Switzerland's Dominique Gisin crashes as she approaches the finish in the women's downhill at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010.

Charlie Riedel Associated Press
Switzerland's Dominique Gisin crashes during the Women's downhill, at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010.

Luca Bruno Associated Press
Switzerland's Dominique Gisin crashes during the Women's downhill, at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010.

Sergey Ponomarev Associated Press
Switzerland's Dominique Gisin lays in the finish area after crashing near the finish of the Women's downhill at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010.

Sergey Ponomarev Associated Press
Switzerland's Dominique Gisin reacts after crashing near the finish of the Women's downhill at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010.

Gero Breloer Associated Press
Maija Tiruma of Latvia competes during the third run of the women's singles luge competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010.

Sergey Ponomarev Associated Press
Switzerland's Simon Ammann passes by a static balloon an official practicing session for the men's large hill individual ski jumping at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010.

Dmitry Lovetsky Associated Press
Canadian curler Cheryl Bernard delivers the stone in match against Japan during round robin session two of women's curling at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010.

Robert Bukaty Associated Press
Finland's players gather around goalie Miikka Kiprusoff (34) at the net before the start of a men's preliminary round ice hockey game against Belarus at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010.

Julie Jacobson Associated Press
Belarus' goalie Vitali Koval (1) blocks a shot as teammates Vladimir Denisov (7) and Nikolai Stasenko (5) keep Finland's Teemu Selanne (8) away from the rebound during a preliminary round game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010.

Julie Jacobson Associated Press
Canada's forward Meghan Agosta, right, celebrates after scoring past Sweden's goal keeper Kim Martin (30) in the second period in women's preliminary round hockey play during the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010.

Gene Puskar Associated Press
Britain's Sarah Lindsay, left, and Canada's Jessica Gregg, center, fall as China's Wang Meng, right, skates during the second race of the women's 500m quarterfinals short track skating competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010. Lindsay was disqualified from the race for impeding.

Mark Baker Associated Press
Ben Mates of Australia competes in the men's halfpipe at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010.

Odd Andersen Associated Press
Shaun White of the United States lifts his handkerchief while competing in the men's halfpipe at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010.

Gerry Broome Associated Press
Shani Davis of the United States, foreground, and Joon Mun of Korea skate during the first of two heats in the men's 500 meters race at the Richmond Olympic Oval at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monday, Feb. 15, 2010.

Kevin Frayer Associated Press
Gold medalist Shani Davis of the United States reacts after the men's 1,000 meter speed skating race at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010.

Chris Carlson Associated Press