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00:00 I am making the hardest decision of my life to end my career.
00:06 She is the most dominant American skier of all time.
00:11 The adrenaline rush going down an icy slope at 80 miles an hour is now going to be over.
00:18 People see the glamorous parts of the sport, but they don't see things that make it emotionally very difficult.
00:26 This is the knee of somebody that's 60 years old.
00:33 When you've got a child that shows talent, you can't predict how far somebody's going to go.
00:47 I had this vision of how I wanted to end my career, but this hasn't been at all what I expected.
00:57 Come on, Lynn, it's a new day.
01:00 Five more medals and she becomes the winningest racer of all time.
01:04 It's expected that I win. That's kind of an unfair expectation.
01:09 Another crash could end everything.
01:15 I'm just a commodity like any other athlete.
01:18 Fight for it, Lindsey.
01:20 Sorry. I'm not sure if I can keep going.
01:23 I'm not going to kill myself to make other people happy.
01:27 The only person that I can listen to honestly is myself.
01:31 Gotta go.
01:32 No, no, no, no.
01:33 If I will myself, I can do it.
01:38 [crowd cheering]
01:41 [crash]
01:42 [crash]
01:43 [silence]
01:46 [silence]
01:49 [BLANK_AUDIO]