Lake Tahoe's Julia Mancuso Competes in Her Final Olympic Race in Sochi

Rain and fog greeted the women in Tuesday's Giant Slalom race in Sochi. Julia Mancuso of Lake Tahoe was racing in her final Olympic event for 2014 and did not finish. Mancuso won the bronze last week in the Super Combined, making her the most successful American female Alpine skier in Olympic history with four medals.

18 year old American Mikaela Shiffrin was just .50 seconds behind the gold medalist Tina Maze of Slovenia and ended up in fourth in the Giant Slalom.

"Being here and kind of coming back from not a good race season kind of put in perspective for me what skiing's about." said Mancuso. "Coming into these Olympics, I really wanted a medal, and I got bronze."

The 29 year old Squaw Valley resident said that she really wants to continue racing if she can still compete for gold. "At the beginning of the season, I felt there was no way I'd come back. But after coming here and kind of having that magical day, it makes me want to keep going."