Posted on 02/22/2018 12:15:13 PM PST by nickcarraway
Vonn said she sprayed parts of Don Kildow's ashes "just a few days ago" on a rock that she was told was special when she visited South Korea last year to be named a Pyeongchang Olympic ambassador
Lindsey Vonn came to South Korea with the goal of taking home an Olympic medal and leaving something even more special behind.
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The American ski great said Thursday she recently scattered some of the ashes of her grandfather, who served during the Korean War, on a rock near the mountain where the downhill races were run.
"I know that it would mean a lot to him to be back here, a part of him is in South Korea always," said Vonn, who shared her story with The Associated Press and the Chosun Ilbo newspaper.
Vonn said she sprayed parts of Don Kildow's ashes "just a few days ago" on a rock that she was told was special when she visited South Korea last year to be named a Pyeongchang Olympic ambassador. She described the location as "right by the men's downhill start."
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NBC (Nothing But Cr@p) trying to rehabilitate/humanize the little b!tch.
She’s a Trump hating slut.
I bet her grandfather would whip her snotty ass if he could.
Who is worse, Vonn or ESPN for trying to milk every sappy emotional story to put some life in this dreary Olympics?
This gal is an “Attention Whore”.
No, that would be the tearful Brinze medalist...
You know what I meant...
Really? Would he have envisioned his ashes being left in South Korea? Someone’s synapses are not connecting.
Hilarious!
Too bad she wasn’t in North Korea when she did this. She’d have gone home in a coma.
I’m sick of hearing about Lindsey What’s-Her-Name? Man, talk about over-hype.
One of my favorite movies. I love the Dude.
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