Day 6 - Women's Downhill

So after a week of nasty weather, the sun finally came out and the first ever Spring Olympics began. I made it back up to Whistler to cover the Women's Downhill, where Lindsey Vonn of the USA was favored to win the Gold and followed up in grand style.
Julia Mancuso, also of the USA took the Silver medal. I had actually shot both girls as 13 and 14 year old's when they competed at the Whistler cup Juvenille ski race back in 1998. Newsweek Magazine published one of my Shots of Mancuso back in 1999, pegging her as one to look out for in the future.

Lindsey and Julia Celebrate after the race.
Noelle Barahona of Chile crashes into the air bag in the finish corral and disappears after crossing the finish line at the Woman's Downhill
Anja Paerson of Sweden was 2 gates away from a silver medal before crashing at the bottom of the Woman's Downhill