American skiing champion Julia Mancuso, whose three Olympic Alpine medals are more than any American woman, led after the downhill portion of the Monday’s women’s super combined, covering the 1.69-mile course in 1 minute, 42.68 seconds — .47 seconds faster than Switzerland’s Lara Gut, a speed-racing specialist who placed second Monday morning.
Barry Svrluga has updates on the slalom portion of the race from the mixed zone:
Maria Hoefl-Riesch has taken lead over Austria’s Nicole Hosp. Riesch is 2:34.62 combined time, .40 lead. Four skiers to Mancuso. Mancuso began run with a 1.04-second lead over Riesch.
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