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Julia Mancuso Wins Second Silver Medal

I beat Julia Mancuso once. I was 17 years old and it was a slalom race at Boreal Ski Resort near Lake Tahoe. I placed first and Julia placed eighth—I saved the printed results, in fact, because I had a hunch that they might be worth some bragging rights one day (Julia was a superstar even then, at age 15). What the results don't tell, of course, is that Julia missed a gate on her first run and had to hike uphill about 20 feet in order to not be disqualified. And then on her second run, she beat the entire field (and most of the boys) by multiple seconds. All of this is to say: I’m not in the least bit surprised that today, Julia, now 25, became the most decorated female ski racer ever.On Wednesday, the Squaw Valley, California native placed second in downhill behind her teammate Lindsey Vonn . And today, Mancuso nabbed another silver in the super combined, which combines the speed of a downhill run with the technical style of a slalom run. After a strong downhill run, Vonn crashed in t...

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