U.S. women win team downhill competition
By USSA
SCHLADMING, Austria -– After the points were tallied from Wednesday’s season ending Audi FIS Alpine World Cup downhill, the women’s U.S. Ski Team won the nations’ downhill standings by a 636 point margin over Austria.
Lindsey Vonn of Vail, Julia Mancuso of Squaw Valley, Stacey Cook of Mammoth Mountain, Alice McKennis of Glenwood Springs, Colo., Laurenne Ross of Bend, Ore., and Leanne Smith of North Conway, N.H., combined for 1,417 points to defend the title they had first secured in 2011.
It was the second consecutive season that the U.S. Ski Team had won the women’s downhill standings.
Vonn won the individual downhill title for a record fifth straight season.
Mancuso was fifth in the standings, Cook 10th, McKennis 20, Ross 22 and Smith 25.
All six athletes posted top 10 finishes this season with McKennis, Ross and Smith landing career bests in downhill.
Lindsey Vonn- Greatest American Skier EVER! You ROCK, Ladies! Thanks for making us so proud!
Lindsey Vonn has been kicking butt for years! She is now setting all time records for both men and women. Check her out! Really a shame that there is limited coverage of World Cup Sking. It seems if Mancuso doesn’t finish well there is no news here in Tahoe. These are the women who will be at the Olympics, support them and we just might get the Olympics.
It is called Lake Tahoe News.
Irony:
USA Women’s win for 2nd consecutive year 999 out of a 1000 Americans don’t know that great achievement.
Austria: Where downhill is king, a nation grieves the loss to the Americans yet again.
I think it’s a disgrace that there is no media coverage of our U.S. ski team much less the entire World Cup Downhill Racing program.