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Best Racers In World Descend Upon Aspen For Thanksgiving World Cup

9 Nov 2009 Shannon Luthy, Associate Editor

Aspen Mountain hosts the women's World Cup tour over Thanksgiving. Full article

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• by dmoody2 12 Nov 2009
  UH-HMM...........To my knowledge, the late Andrea Mead Lawrence is still the most successful female skier in U.S. history, being the only American female skier to ever win two GOLD medals in the same Winter Olympics Games (Oslo, 1952), which is still the benchmark of ski champions and the winter sports industry. The World Cup Race circuit has too many more opportunities and variables to be considered as "comarable" and the Winter Olympics have been around much longer as the "established standard." I'd advise revising your story above based upon the results at the Whistler Games this Winter. Maybe then Ms. Vonn can possibly tie or become "the most successful female skier in U.S. history" if she in fact earns 2-3 GOLD medals therein. Until then, Andrea Mead Lawrence will always be my ideal female ski champ!
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• by igotdatsnowman 12 Nov 2009
  What's to revise? More opportunities + more variables = more chances to lose. Ski events that happen far more often than every 4 years are arguably a higher standard, though inarguably less desirable. And unless you believe in zombies, Lawrence isn't about to stake claims on who the best is anytime soon.
  
  By the way, the word is "comParable."
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