Topic: Julia Mancuso

Vonn's bruised shin seems to be improving, but new opponents are lurking in giant slalom Lindsey Vonn's leg is better.This season, Vonn has had trouble with the conditions on GS courses injected with water to create icier surfaces, and she blamed inconsistent ...

Mancuso hopeful, but GS bets not on Vonn

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.Anja Paerson of Sweden and American Julia Mancuso, the defending Olympic champion, as well as super-G ...
No matter how bruised your ego (or even your body) might be, find a reason to SMILE. There were plenty of inspiring happenings last week-skier Lindsey Vonn pushing through an injury to win gold, seeing two American gals (Hannah Teter and Kelly ...
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.Mancuso went for a bumpy ride in the women's super-G on Saturday, a ride that ended ...
Today's MOTD comes from a true silver fox, Olympic skier Julia Mancuso. Congratulations, Julia!. To work those hard-to-tone obliques and abs, try Mancuso's go-to side cincher: 1. Do 12 reps.
After a mistake, there's still plenty of Olympics left for Vonn _ shin willing, of course Lindsey Vonn made no excuses." Vonn may have been promoted as the headline act of these Olympics, but her crash opened the door for teammate Mancuso ...
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 ...

Vonn crashes, Riesch wins super-combined gold

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 Paerson of Sweden took the bronze after race leader Lindsey Vonn crashed in ...

Vonn set for fightback in Olympic super-G

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.The only positive note for Vonn, 25, was that it went to best friend and biggest ...

US skiers set to rewrite Olympic record books

Fans of alpine skiing in the US would remember with fondness the superb medal achievements of their athletes at the 1984 Olympic Games.Twenty-six years ago, twins Phil and Steve Mahre led a US 1-2 in the men's slalom.With the outspoken Bill Johnson ...