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U.S. Olympic medalist Julia Mancuso traded in her skis for a sports car one day last week and got a helicopter sightseeing tour as a bonus. Officials in Sestriere, Italy, the site of Mancuso’s giant slalom win in the 2006 Turin Games, invited the Californian to the Ferrari factory in Maranello. Mancuso is accustomed to whizzing down mountains at speeds in excess of 80 mph, but couldn’t pass up what she called a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” “I was a test passenger,” Mancuso said. “It was pretty fast, and the noise was exhilarating — it sounds fast when you’re inside.”
