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FOUR years ago Manuela Berchtold faced a nervous wait before being confirmed in the Australian Winter Olympics squad for Salt Lake City.
Despite not meeting strict selection criteria, she won a place on appeal due to extenuating circumstances as she battled her way back from a serious knee injury.
This time round there is no anxiety. The gifted freestyle skier from Jindabyne is the only Australian woman still punishing herself in the pogo-stick jitterbug that is skiing down a World Cup moguls field.
The daughter of two Swiss ski...