SAM Magazine-Whistler, B.C., Feb. 22, 2008-Lindsey Vonn, Vail, Colo., became the second U.S. woman to win a World Cup downhill title, as her second-place finish in the race here today clinched the DH championship. She finished one-hundredth of a second behind Swiss Nadia Styger. To complete a banner day on the 2010 Olympics track, team member Julia Mancuso, Olympic Valley, Calif., captured third place. Vonn's season crown is the first for a U.S. woman since Picabo Street in 1996.

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