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Mancuso wins downhill, Vonn takes overall lead

2011-03-16T11:30:36Z

American Julia Mancuso won the final women's downhill race of the season here on Wednesday as compatriot Lindsey Vonn took the overall World Cup lead from Germany's Maria Riesch with three races to go.

Olympic silver medallist Mancuso finished ahead of American Julia Mancuso won the final women's downhill race of the season here on Wednesday as compatriot Lindsey Vonn took the overall World Cup lead from Germany's Maria Riesch with three races to go.

Olympic silver medallist Mancuso finished ahead of Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal retained the men's world super-combined title on Monday with Italy's Christof Innerhofer taking silver and compatriot Peter Fill claiming bronze.

The 28-year-old Norwegian clocked a ...

Riesch wins Cortina women's skiing downhill

2011-01-22T11:30:13Z

Germany's Maria Riesch won her third women's World Cup downhill of the season here on Saturday, the leader of the overall standings beating American duo Julia Mancuso and Lindsey Vonn.

Riesch, ninth in Friday's...

Mancuso leads charge at Lake Louise training

2010-12-01T20:31:10Z

Olympic silver medallist Julia Mancuso of the United States posted the fastest time in a training ahead of Friday's season-opening World Cup downhill.

Mancuso's time of 1min 30.19secs on Wednesday was 0.16secs faster than Slovenia's Tina Maze, wh...

Pietilae-Holmner of Sweden wins World Cup slalom

2010-11-29T14:41:51Z

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Olympic Ladies Downhill

2010-11-30T13:36:24Z

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Julia Mancuso Women's Alpine - who knew?

2010-11-29T15:03:37Z

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With Miller, Vonn leading the way, US rules Alpine

2010-06-12T09:35:11Z

This time, led by Miller, Vonn and Mancuso, US Alpine skiers really are 'Best in the World'

Four years ago, Bode Miller's washout of a Winter Olympics symbolized where the United States stood in the Alpine skiing hierarchy.

Pegged as the big thing heading into the Turin Games, ...

Olympian Julia Mancuso at Northstar - Meet & Greet

2010-10-25T08:33:54Z

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'Happy' Vonn ends Olympics with only one gold

2010-02-26T20:15:55Z

Lindsey Vonn's Olympics ended on Friday when she crashed out of the slalom, but the American insisted she met her expectations and would go home happy.

Coming into the Vancouver Games, Vonn was heavily tipped to win three gold.

She got the ball rolling by capturing the blue riband downhill title and then took bronze in the super-G.

But that's a...

'Happy' Vonn's Olympics end with another crash

2010-02-26T12:15:50Z

Lindsey Vonn's Olympics ended on Friday when she crashed out of the slalom, but the American insisted she met her expectations and would go home happy.

Coming into the Vancouver Games, Vonn was heavily tipped to win three gold.

She got the ball rolling by capturing the blue riband downhill title and then took bronze in the super-G.

But that's a...

Olympics/Ski: 'Happy' Vonn's Olympics end with another crash

2010-02-26T12:15:48Z

Lindsey Vonn's Olympics ended on Friday when she crashed out of the slalom, but the American insisted she met her expectations and would go home happy.

Coming into the Vancouver Games, Vonn was heavily tipped to win three gold.

She got the ball rolling by capturing the blue riband downhill title and then took bronze in the super-G.

But that's a...

Another injury, yet Vonn still will race in slalom

2010-04-16T06:57:49Z

Hurt again, Vonn still set to race in Friday's Olympic slalom despite broken right pinkie

Lindsey Vonn began these Olympics with a shin so badly bruised she didn't know if she could compete.

She did, winning two medals — with the aid of painkillers and numbing cream.

After her crash in Wednesday's giant slalom, her Vancouver Games...

Vonn's crash disrupts Mancuso's GS title defense

2010-04-16T06:58:21Z

Teammates, rivals cross paths: Vonn's crash disrupts Mancuso's Olympic GS title defense

In the very instant that Lindsey Vonn spun out of control during Wednesday's Olympic giant slalom, breaking a finger and ending her latest medal bid, Julia Mancuso — Vonn's teammate and lifelong rival, not to mention the defending champion — sped toward that same sp...

Vonn crash adds fuel to Mancuso feud

2010-04-16T06:57:54Z

Lindsey Vonn revealed on Wednesday she was desperate to end the bitter Olympic Games feud which has erupted with fellow American skiing pin-up Julia Mancuso.

But the atmosphere between the two wasn't helped when Vonn crashed out of the first run of the giant slalom, causing Mancuso to abandon her attempt to set the fastest time.

Vonn admitted there was friction be...

Goergl leads weather-hit giant slalom as Vonn bombs

2010-06-12T09:34:47Z

Austrian Elisabeth Goergl is in pole position in the women's Olympic giant slalom, but will have to wait until Thursday for a medal chance after dismal weather put paid to the second run.

Goergl clocked 1min 15.12sec on her first run down a course which again cost American speed queen Lindsey Vonn dearly before heavy snow gave way to thick fog that forced organise...

Goergl tops Olympic giant slalom as Vonn crashes out

2010-06-12T09:34:39Z

Austrian Elisabeth Goergl topped the first leg of the women's Olympic giant slalom on Wednesday after disaster struck for American speed queen Lindsey Vonn.

Vonn, who has won downhill gold and super-G bronze here, led the field at the third intermediary time by a massive 0.35 seconds, but misjudged a gate, lost her balance and bucked nastily off course.

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Vonn 'bummed out' as crash effects rival

2010-04-16T06:58:09Z

Lindsey Vonn said she was desperately sorry her crash forced USA team-mate Julia Mancuso to repeat her first run of Wednesday's giant slalom and hopes to heal the bad blood between them.

Vonn, who has a downhill gold and a bronze from the super-G but tumbled out of the super combined, was on her way to being the ...

Vonn says nice to be 'underdog' for giant slalom

2010-06-12T09:34:33Z

Lindsey Vonn says she is looking forward to overcoming her alpine jinx in the giant slalom on the biggest stage of them all Wednesday, but happily admits she will start an underdog.

The American has yet to podium in a giant slalom race at international level, and hinted at her true expectations from the Olympic Games post-speed events after her super-G bronze last week.

However, with the injured shin she was nursing at t...

Vonn enjoying underdog status for giant slalom

2010-06-12T08:26:39Z

Vonn's bruised shin seems to be improving, but new opponents are lurking in giant slalom

Lindsey Vonn's leg is better. Her expectations are lower.

"It feels kind of nice to be the underdog!" she wrote on her Facebook page Tuesday, as she prepared to wrap up an Olympics she on...

Mancuso hopeful, but GS bets not on Vonn

2010-06-12T09:34:31Z

Unless Lindsey Vonn overcomes her alpine 'bete noire' in dramatic fashion, her Olympic medals bid will be kept in check in the women's giant slalom on Wednesday.

Vonn won gold in the downhill, missed a certain medal when she crashed out of the super-combined then took a bronze from the super-G.

But in the giant slalom the smart money in the two-run race is going on either Austrian Kathrin Zettel, an experienced World Cup...

How to Bounce Back After Life Smashes You in the Face

2010-10-25T08:00:00Z

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Mancuso finishes ninth in Olympic super-G

2010-06-12T09:34:21Z

Julia Mancuso fails to add to her bounty of silver medals, finishing ninth in Olympic super-G

Going first, Julia Mancuso was in the dark about the course. There was no one to enlighten her about what lay ahead.

The U.S. skier didn't know about those harsh early morning shadows that made seeing quite difficult. Or the complexity of that hairpin ...

Move of the Day - Olympic medalist Julia Mancuso's Side Cincher

2010-10-27T06:55:39Z

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A mistake behind her, Vonn hopes shin can hold out

2010-08-19T13:39:46Z

&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;After a mistake, there's still plenty of Olympics left for Vonn _ shin willing, of course&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lindsey Vonn made no excuses.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;She didn't blame the bruised shin that's caused such a fuss and so much fascination.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This was a common m...

Vonn fails to finish race; Mancuso wins 2nd silver

2010-04-16T07:04:14Z

'Julia! Julia!': Mancuso's 2nd silver steals some thunder from Vonn, who fails to finish

Lindsey Vonn stepped gingerly in her brown hiking boots, a grimace betraying the pain in her bruised right shin and the sting of a fall that prevented her from completing Thursday's super-combined race at the Olympics.

As Vonn moved from the finish area toward a throng of autograph-seekers, a chant rang out from fan...

Vonn crashes, Riesch wins super-combined gold

2010-04-16T07:03:52Z

Maria Riesch of Germany produced a storming slalom performance to win the women's super-combined gold at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Thursday.

American Julia Mancuso won the silver and Anja Paerso...

Vonn set for fightback in Olympic super-G

2010-04-16T07:03:37Z

After putting her injured shin through another alpine battle, American Lindsey Vonn knows it's time to rest up before she fights for more Olympic medals on Saturday.

Vonn claimed an historic women's downhill gold for the USA on Wednesday but despite leading the race for more gold in the super-combined a day later she crashed out of the event's deciding slalom.

The...

US skiers set to rewrite Olympic record books

2010-04-16T07:04:16Z

Fans of alpine skiing in the US would remember with fondness the superb medal achievements of their athletes at the 1984 Olympic Games.

But after winning gold, silver and bronze from just two of a total 10 alpine events in Whistler, Lindsey Vonn and co. are already threatening to surpass the US ski team's impressive Looking for another Ligety or Mancuso? Expect the unexpected in Olympic Alpine races

This was one wager U.S. Alpine racer Julia Mancuso's ski technician was all too willing to lose, even if it involved a little public embarrassment.

Andrea Vianello made a bet with a U.S. coach that went something like this: If Mancuso captured a gold medal at the Struggling American skier Julia Mancuso gets boost by leading downhill training run

Struggling American skier Julia Mancuso got a boost by posting the fastest time in an opening downhill training session.

Seeking her first World Cup win in nearly three years, Mancuso sped down the Olympia delle To...

Miller, Vonn, Mancuso lead US team for worlds

2010-06-12T08:26:54Z

Bode Miller, Lindsey Vonn, Julia Mancuso lead US team for Alpine worlds

Bode Miller, Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso will lead the United States team at next month's World Alpine Ski Championships in Julia Mancuso takes big step at giant slalom won by Zettel; Vonn is 8th, keeps overall lead

Julia Mancuso put on her old ski boots and took a big step forward Sunday, producing her best outing since back problems slowed her in the fall.

The 2006 Olympic champion from Olympic Valley, Calif., turned in two solid runs that left her in sixth place at a <...

France's Tessa Worley wins giant slalom

2010-04-16T14:04:52Z

France's Tessa Worley wins giant slalom at snowy Aspen for 1st World Cup victory

France's Tessa Worley overcame driving snow and poor visibility Saturday to win a giant slalom at the Aspen Winternational for her first World Cup victory.

Worley, whose previous best was fifth place, was followed by Tanj...

Austria Alpine Skiing World Cup

2010-12-28T08:32:15Z

Julia Mancuso, of the United States, smiles after finishing fifth in a alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Semmering, Austria, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Pier Marco Tacca)

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APTOPIX Switzerland Alpine Skiing World Cup

2010-12-12T14:01:21Z

Julia Mancuso of the United States speeds down the course during the first run of an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom race, in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, Dec,12, 2010. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

Switzerland Alpine Skiing World Cup

2010-12-12T06:01:29Z

Canada Womens World Cup Skiing Downhill

2010-12-11T13:01:20Z

United States' Julia Mancuso races down the course on her way to sixth place in the women's World Cup downhill ski race in Lake Louise, Alberta on Saturday Dec. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/U.S. ski racer Julia Mancuso, of Squaw Valley, Calif., rides the edges of her skis to the second best time in the first run of the Women's World Cup giant slalom ski race in