VAIL - Wednesday marked 100 days until the world gathers in Vancouver for the 2010 Olympics and three of the stars of Team USA are looking to bring gold home to Colorado.
Lindsey Vonn is the two-time World Cup overall champ. She is heading into her third Olympic Games having never won a medal.
It's expected that will change in February.
Vonn is racing in five events - something many athletes aren't capable of doing.
"If you do one event, you only have one chance. So, with five events I have quite a few more chances to win a medal. But it's just hard to do five events. It's almost like a completely different sport. You know, slalom is completely the opposite from downhill. You have different equipment; you have to train the different events."
On the men's side, Steamboat Springs' own Todd Lodwick has displayed his Nordic combined skills in four previous Winter Games. Like Vonn, he's never brought home a medal and he came out of retirement to try for the podium in Vancouver.
"There is a pinnacle of accomplishment in skiing and that's the Olympic Games. So, to say that I just want to ski for fun or I just want to ski with the guys and I just want to hang out at the hill - come on. You know, I'm here to go to the Games," Lodwick said.
With 100 days to go, three Colorado stars hope to bring home gold.
Another Colorado athlete to watch is Katie Uhlaender from Breckenridge. She was only 21 at the Torino Games when she took sixth place in the lightning fast sport of skeleton. Four years later, she's back, and despite a season of injuries, she's making a run for the gold.
"I don't feel like I'm the underdog, but I know that everyone sees me as the underdog. I mean, I've shattered my kneecap twice," she said.
Those three are among many athletes from Colorado looking to bring home a medal from Vancouver.
