Skier Lindsey Vonn Nominated for Best Female Athlete ESPY Award

Alpine skiing World Cup overall champion Lindsey Vonn and reigning X Games gold medalists Gretchen Bleiler and Lindsey Jacobellis have all been nominated for a 2008 ESPY Award.

Lindsey Vonn is nominated in the category for Best Female Athlete. With five downhill wins, Vonn became only the second American, male or female, to win the World Cup downhill title. She also landed podium finishes in super combined and super G to clinch the World Cup overall title.

Gretchen Bleiler and Lindsey Jacobellis are both slotted in the Best Female Action Sport Athlete category. Bleiler is being recognized for her win in the opening Chevy U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix and earning her third X Games halfpipe gold.

Jacobellis won the World Cup SBX opener in Chile and went on to win her fourth X Games gold. She added three more World Cup wins to finish second in the snowboardcross standings, as well as two wins in the Jeep King of the Mountain series.

The Annual ESPY Awards highlight sports top moments and performances from the past year in athletics around the globe. All award winners are determined by online popular vote. Hosted by Justin Timberlake, this year’s ESPY awards will take place at the new 7,100 seat Nokia Theatre L.A. Live, in downtown Los Angeles and airs July 20th at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN.

Voting is open now through July 12th so be sure to log-in, or register to vote at www.espys.tv. To vote for Lindsey Vonn, scroll down to "Best Female Athlete" and click on Vonn's photo.

To vote for either Gretchen Bleiler or Lindsey Jacobellis scroll to the Best Female Action Sport Athlete category and click on the photo of your choice. You can also text message your vote at espn.mobi (just fire up the web browser in your mobile phone and enter espn.mobi after the "http://" to get to the site), so don't shrug off your wintersports responsibility - and spread the word.

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