BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — Lindsey Vonn and Tiger Woods kissed in the finish area Thursday after Vonn struggled and finished 27th in the first run of the giant slalom at the Alpine world ski championships.
A day earlier, Woods conceded that his golf game was in tatters and announced that he was taking an indefinite leave from competition to resurrect his game.
After the kiss in the snow, Woods and Vonn patted each other on the back.
At that moment, who was consoling whom?
It turns out Woods is good at motivating his girlfriend.
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“I certainly haven’t stopped fighting,” Vonn said late Thursday afternoon. “I fought the whole way down today.”
Perhaps channeling the guidance she had received from Woods earlier in the finish area — advice that might be applicable in Woods’s predicament, too — Vonn added: “I’m not going to quit just because everything isn’t going perfectly.”
An earlier version of this article misstated the margin by which Anna Fenninger defeated Viktoria Rebensburg in the giant slalom. It was 1.4 seconds, not 1 minute 40 seconds.
Because of an editing error, an earlier version of this article referred incorrectly to Tiger Woods’s availability to the news media at the Alpine world ski championships. Reporters were not given access to speak to him; it is not the case that he was available.
A version of this article appears in print on February 13, 2015, on page B13 of the New York edition with the headline: Vonn’s Finale Is Positive if Not Worthy of a Medal. Order Reprints| Today’s Paper|Subscribe
