Julia Mancuso, the most decorated female U.S. Olympic skier with four medals, ended her bid for a record fifth Olympics and is retiring after a victory lap in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, on Friday.
Mancuso, 33, could not fully come back from right hip surgery that kept her out the previous two full seasons.
She raced three times this season without cracking the top 40.
Mancuso would have had one last chance to prove she deserved a PyeongChang Olympic place at a World Cup stop in Cortina this weekend.
Instead, she’s calling it a career now.