Julia Mancuso Still Gunning For Lindsay Vonn On And Off The Course

Julia Mancuso, the downhill skiing racer who's sexy Playboy photos and very provocative lingerie business (remember "Kiss My Tiera"?) was the talk of the 2010 Winter Olympics,...



...is in the news again. After winning two Olympics Silver Medals, Mancuso sets her sights on the World Cup overall title, and fellow downhill competitor and nemesis Lindsay Vonn, who's won the title three times over the past three years.

What's interesting, is while Mancuso says she doesn't have a "beef" with Vonn, she, at the same time, feeds the idea that one exists. In the New York Times, Mancuso says:

We are just so different and we come across as different, and maybe that's what this is all about. The differences make it easy to compare. But I respect Lindsey as an athlete, and we’ve never had any real conflict, so to speak.

"So to speak."

It's that line which keeps the assertion that Vonn and Mancuso do have a personal conflict alive. If Julia had clipped her sentence - just avoided saying "so to speak" - that may have killed the speculation that a problem exists.

The best thing for Julia Mancuso to do is concentrate on her skiing and the propagation of her sexy image and related products.  

Lindsay Vonn can generate her own publicity.