Controversy swirled around the U.S. Olympic ski team this week, after three-time medalist Julia Mancuso said all the media attention focused on teammate—and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model—Lindsey Vonn hurt the rest of the team. Vonn said she was "bummed out" by the remark. The tension got worse after Vonn crashed on the giant slalom, forcing Mancuso, who was skiing behind her, to return to the top of the course and start over. Is this rivalry, which began when the skiers were 12, finally spinning out of control? (Watch a report about the luger who died at the Vancouver Olympics)
This simmering feud may have just boiled over: Lindsey Vonn didn't intentionally "sabotage" Julia Mancuso's downhill run, says the Associated Press, but she might as well have. Mancuso was defending her Olympic downhill title when officials forced her to repeat her grueling run, effectively dashing her medal chances. Mancuso called it "the worst possible thing" that could have happened—that's not something she's likely to forget.
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