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Julia Mancuso’s Comeback Year: Downhill Gold at FIS Alpine World Cup Finals & More
Just over a year ago Julia Mancuso made her comeback on the stage of all stages: the Winter Olympic Games. Leaving Vancouver with two silver medals, she went on to Alpine World Cup bronze, as well as wildcard bronze at … Continue reading
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Anticlimax at Lenzerheide: Riesch-Vonn Season Finale Canceled, Riesch Takes Overall Title
After a week of warm, wet weather in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, the women’s overall title came down to three points and two canceled races. Germany’s Maria Riesch led American Lindsey Vonn for much of the season, though they did pass the … Continue reading
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Helmet Shenanigans: Ski Racer Style
I might never not regret that I missed this last week. Sandra-Elena Narea of Romania wore this fetching helmet complete with plush leopard print ears during her slalom run at Alpine Worlds in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (which—victory is mine—I no longer have … Continue reading
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2011 FIS Alpine Skiing World Championship: The Team Event
Well, last year’s FIS Audi World Cup Final was sad because Universal Sports didn’t air or stream the GS team event which sounds awesomely entertaining with it’s side-by-side bracketed heat format. Yesterday morning the team event was presented for the … Continue reading
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Mancuso Gets Xtreme at Verbier’s Bec des Rosses: Freeride World Tour Closer
At the end of the Alpine World Cup tour earlier in the month, Julia Mancuso accepted the chance to be a wild card entry in the Nissan Xtreme close to the 2010 Freeride World Tour at Verbier, skiing down the … Continue reading
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FIS World Cup Women & Wondering Where the Team Event Went
The award for best location name goes to Garmisch-Partenkirchen for the Audi FIS World Cup Finals in Germany. Self-explanatory. The expected and the unexpected went down this week during the final events of the Alpine season. The names we learned … Continue reading
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Julia Mancuso Hits the World Cup Podium
What better way to end two years off the podium than with two trips during the Olympics? Follow it up with a trip to the FIS World Cup Super G podium in Crans-Montana the next week. After her Olympic silver … Continue reading
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Giant Slalom Aftermath & Olympic Helmet Fashion
In the aftermath of Wednesday’s awful Giant Slalom weather and the Vonn-Mancuso situation there were a lot of sound bites flying around regarding their relationship over the years and at present. Bottom line: the two are “polar opposite personalities,” and … Continue reading
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That’s Not Very Canadian of You!
That famed Canadian politesse suffered a breakdown last night. I for one was shocked, having been taught that Canadians are such nice folk. Perhaps that whole Stephen Colbert ice-hole situation should have tipped me off for such a breach. The … Continue reading
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Catching Up with Julia Mancuso: 2011 FIS Alpine World Championships
Remember Julia Mancuso and her tiara (actual and helmet)? Obviously she is a favorite at Words to Bumble. As you may have noticed here, the FIS Alpine World Championships (not to be confused with World Cup Finals which are still … Continue reading →
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