Tarvisio: Mancuso 2nd in DH training run

Julia Mancuso gave strong indication Thursday that she intends to make a run at the World Cup leaders, placing second in the second of three training runs for the Tarvisio, Italy, downhill. The run was won by Daniela Merighetti with Mancuso three-hundredths back. German youngster Gina Stechert was third.

JULIA MANCUSO gave strong indication Thursday that she intends to make a run at the World Cup leaders, placing second in the second of three training runs for the Tarvisio, Italy, downhill. The run was won by Daniela Merighetti with Mancuso three-hundredths back. German youngster Gina Stechert was third.
    Kirsten Clark finished 11th, Kelly VanderBeek 17th, Stacey Cook 18th, Libby Ludlow 24th, Britt Janyk 25th, Emily Brydon 30th and Kaylin Richardson 40th.
    Tarvisio will host the next-to-last downhill of the women’s World Cup season Saturday as well as a combined Friday and super G Sunday. The men will race slalom and giant slalom at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.

Women’s downhill training results
TARVISIO, Italy — Results Thursday from the second training session for a World Cup downhill, on the 2.991-kilometer (1.9-mile) Prampero course:
1. Daniela Merighetti, Italy, 1 minute, 54.17 seconds.
2. Julia Mancuso, United States, 1:54.20.
3. Gina Stechert, Germany, 1:54.34.
4. Elisabeth Goergl, Austria, 1:54.43.
(tie) Nadia Styger, Switzerland, 1:54.43.
6. Maria Holaus, Austria, 1:54.79.
7. Anja Paerson, Sweden, 1:54.99.
8. Marie Marchand-Arvier, France, 1:55.00.
9. Andrea Fischbacher, Austria, 1:55.03.
10. Martina Schild, Switzerland, 1:55.04.