A Ski Lede Revised

U.S. Alpine team’s struggles continue in women’s super-G

Barry Svrluga, Washington Post

It is perhaps an unfair measure, but it is also the U.S. Ski Team’s most recent standard for itself: Four years ago in Whistler, B.C., led by a trio of stars skiing their best at precisely the right time, the American Alpine racers ripped through the first five races at the Vancouver Olympics, earning an astonishing seven medals en route to an eight-medal Games.

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The halfway point of the Sochi Olympics came and went with hardly a whimper from the U.S. ski team, whose only medal after five events was the bronze won by Julia Mancuso in the super combined. It’s a sharp contrast to the American team’s performance four years ago in Vancouver, where they’d already earned an astonishing seven medals by this time, en route to an eight-medal games.