North Lake Tahoe's Julia Mancuso Finishes 7th, Gains Momentum for Sochi

Submitted by paula on Thu, 01/23/2014 - 9:01am
From USAA

CORTINA d'AMPEZZO, Italy – Julia Mancuso from Squaw Valley, CA continued to gain momentum toward Sochi with seventh Thursday in an Audi FIS Alpine World Cup super G in Cortina for her best race of the season. Stacey Cook (Mammoth Mountain, CA) added to the U.S. momentum with ninth, her best super G finish since 2007. Austria’s Elisabeth Goergl won the race, which was a replacement for the canceled super G race last weekend due to a powerful winter storm that sidelined the weekend’s speed events.

"Things are going in the right direction and I know I have a lot more in me," said Mancuso. "Training has been going really well and racing is getting better, so I'm getting there just in time for the Olympics."

The athletes take on downhill Friday, another replacement event, followed by a downhill and super G scheduled Saturday and Sunday in Cortina.

The U.S. Olympic selection period ends on Sunday and official team nominations will be announced that afternoon.