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	Mancuso Wins Moscow Night Race Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:56:20 +0000 MOSCOW, Russia (Feb. 21) - Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley, CA) ripped through the head-to-head style parallel slalom to win under the lights for her second Audi FIS Alpine World Cup win this season. Teammate Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) tacked another 60 points to her immense overall World Cup lead with third on the 170 foot tall ramp built in Luznhiki Olympic Complex as thousands of fans braved the fridgid Moscow tempuratures. The event, presented by Soelden, the official European Training base of the U.S. Ski Team, capped a brilliant showcase of alpine skiing in Russia, host country for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. HIGHLIGHTS Mancuso Wins Moscow Night Race

	Kasper, Ligety Land 6-7 in Bansko Slalom Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:18:55 +0000 BANSKO, Bulgaria (Feb. 19) - Nolan Kasper (Warren, VT) and Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) produced strong second runs to finish sixth and seventh at an Audi FIS Alpine World Cup slalom in Bansko that saw Austrian Marcel Hirscher win. Kasper, standing 23rd after the first run, laid down the second fastest final run as Ligety landed in the top-10 for the second straight race. Hirscher was unbeatable in Bansko and climbed within 18 points of World Cup overll leader Ivica Kostelic of Croatia. HIGHLIGHTS Kasper, Ligety Land 6-7 in Bansko Slalom

	Unstable Snow Claims Sochi Super Combi Sun, 19 Feb 2012 08:54:49 +0000 SOCHI, Russia (Feb. 19) - The Sochi organizing committee made every effort to prepare the 2014 Olympic speed track, but overnight snow and warm temperatures made the surface too unstable to host the third Audi FIS Alpine World Cup super combined. The race will not be rescheduled later in the season, therefore Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) will be awarded the super combined title at World Cup Finals with a victory and a second in the two completed races. It was the 14th World Cup title for Vonn, who clinched her fifth consecutive downhill title Saturday as part of a record breaking day that saw four U.S. women in the top 10. The World Cup tour now flies to Moscow for a night parallel slalom at the Luzhniki 1980 Olympic Complex. HIGHLIGHTS Unstable Snow Claims Sochi Super Combi

	Giant Slalom Lead Slips from Ligety Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:13:28 +0000 BANSKO, Bulgaria (Feb. 18) - Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) survived a near crash in his second run dropping him from first to 27th on the day and out of the lead of the giant slalom standings for the first time this season. In a stumble he missed a gate that whipped him and cut his face. Ligety hiked uphill to navigate the gate and stay in the race, leading to his finish seven seconds back. Austrian Marcel Hirscher won to jump 81 points in front of Ligety with three giant slalom races remaining in the season. American Tommy Ford (Bend, OR) finished a career-best 12th. HIGHLIGHTS Giant Slalom Lead Slips from Ligety

	Record Four Americans in DH Top 10 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:19:43 +0000 SOCHI, Russia (Feb. 18) - American women rewrote the record books Saturday as Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) finsished third, Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley, CA) sixth, Stacey Cook (Mammoth Mountain, CA) ninth and Alice McKennis (Glenwood Springs, CO) 10th to place four American women in the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup downhill top 10 for the first time in history. The record setting team performance, which included all Americans finishing in the top 30, happened at Rosa Khutor Resort - alpine host of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. The last time U.S. Record Four Americans in DH Top 10

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51st Annual Loveland Derby

The Loveland Derby is one of the last amateur slalom ski races of the year that happens every year at the Loveland Ski Area near Georgetown, Colorado. It is the largest and oldest ski race in North America and is put on by the Loveland Racing Club.This race is a two-day event that starts on Saturday morning around 9:30 and ends on Sunday afternoon around 4:00.

Competitors

There are usually around 500-600 competitors that come from all over the country to compete. Some racers even come from as far away as Alaska and Florida to race. The competitors have to be at least 9 years old and there is no upper age limit as long as you have a USSA ski-racing license. Most people come to this race because it has some of the lowest points of the year, which is good for getting a better seed for the next year. To help lower the points, varsity team members from the University of Colorado, the University of Denver, the University of New Mexico, and a few members from the US Ski Team compete.

The Courses

For this event, Loveland Valley is shut down and the race uses all of the main ski runs that Loveland Valley has to offer. Switchback is the name of the run where half of the men and all of the women compete. Twist is the name of the run where the other half of the men race. Lastly, Double-Dip is the run where the younger aged 9–12 boys and girls race.

The Costumes

Although people come from all around the US for the chance at lowering their points, they also come for the fun. Since it is the last race of the year there is a lot of celebration that goes on. People dress up in costumes for the day and will even race in them. Costumes range from grass skirts, to superheroes, to cowboy attire to Mardi Gras beads.

Distinctions

There are many things that set Loveland Derby apart from other competitions. It is the biggest race with around 600 competitors while other races only have around 150 competitors. Also, there are five separate slalom courses, three of which run concurrently while at normal races there are only two slalom courses. The derby is also been around for 49 year, which makes it the oldest ski race in North America. Another thing that distinguishes the Loveland Derby is that it is raced so late in the ski season and there is such a festive atmosphere around the race.