Olympic racers Julia Mancuso and Errol Kerr are back on home turf for their final training (and some celebrating) before heading to Vancouver for the upcoming Olympic Winter Games.

Julia Mancuso's Road to Vancouver Makes a Stop at Palisades Tahoe USA
The three-time Olympian and 2006 Olympic Gold Medalist in Giant Slalom, Julia Mancuso, is turning on the heat just in time for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games.  Having scored some of her best finishes of the season in January, Julia will be training at Squaw Valley USA from Friday, February 5 through Monday, February 8. She heads to Vancouver on Tuesday.

Julia took a break from training to ski with the Palisades Tahoe Mighty Mites kids on Saturday afternoon, Feb 6. (video coming soon). Mancuso went through the Squaw Valley Race Team Program, beginning with Mighty Mites when she was 3. Since then, Julia has been setting records and collecting medals at an impressive pace. The four-event athlete started World Cup racing and was a NorAm champion at the age 16, competed in the Olympics at 17, and started her twenties by capturing two World Championship medals and establishing a record for most consecutive U.S. Championships top-3s.

Jamaican Ski Team Phenom Errol Kerr Trains on custom Ski-Cross Course at Alpine Meadows
Errol Kerr, the Jamaican Ski Team member and noted Ski-Cross competitor will also be training this week on a special sk-cross course constructed at Alpine Meadows. Kerr made an appearance as the fore-runner for the Junior Olympics Qualifier races at Alpine Meadows on Saturday, and took a moment to talk to Tahoe TV about his road to the Olympics and his expectations for winning.

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