Mancuso finishes second to Vonn in super G

By USSA

In a day full of superlatives, Lindsey Vonn took an Audi FIS Alpine World Cup record seventh straight win in Lake Louise with U.S. Ski Team teammate Julia Mancuso second to complete a one-two U.S. women’s sweep of the weekend.

Vail’s Vonn came down 21st in a snowy, foggy super G to knock Mancuso out of the lead. Leanne Smith (Conway, N.H.) was the early leader and finished eighth. Five U.S. women cracked the top 30. Vonn’s 56th career win put her alone in second on the all time victory list behind Austrian Annemarie Moser-Proell’s 62. She also became only the fourth woman to score 100 podiums.

“I’m just happy. It was a good run and I’m excited to start the season off with a podium. I had confidence from skiing well here in the past,” Squaw Valley’s Mancuso said. “The downhill went pretty well for me so it was just a matter of getting going.”