Lindsey Vonn skis out of slalom, her last event in Vancouver

WHISTLER, British Columbia - Lindsey Vonn's Olympics is over after she skied out of the women's slalom, her last event in Vancouver.

Vonn straddled a gate in the first half of her run Friday. She could not correct her line after her right, outside ski slid away coming out of a left-hand turn.

She skied down to the finish area and smiled ruefully. "I don't know what's going on," she said.

"I went out there fighting and it just wasn't my day," said Vonn, who won two medals at the games but failed to finish three of her five races.

She won her gold medal as an overwhelming favorite in her signature downhill event and took the bronze in the super-G.

"I'm totally satisfied with everything I have done here. I have the gold medal I came here for," Vonn said. "Everybody had a lot of expectations of me and you just have to stay realistic. You have to keep in perspective what your goals are."

Her biggest rival and best friend, Maria Riesch of Germany, said Vonn should go home happy from the Olympics.

"She did a great games here. She killed the downhill," said Riesch, who won gold in super-combined and led the slalom after the first run.

Vonn was expected to be a medal contender in all five events. She was a key part of NBC's promotional campaign and was on the cover of Sports Illustrated's preview issue.

However, as the games progressed Vonn appeared unlikely to medal in slalom. She struggled in the event on the World Cup circuit this season even before a series of injuries this month.