There was lot of talk about a feud between U.S. skiers Julia Mancuso and Lindsey Vonn. My attention drew to an article in MSNBC sports named "Vonn hurt by Mancuso jibe over popularity". Mancuso told the Sports Illustrated website that people are having a hard time reaching their potential because there is a struggle for attention for other team members and it is a bad day if Lindsey Vonn did not win. She was basically complaining about Vonn getting more media attention than the rest or her. Then Vonn responded to it by saying that she was hurt by Mancuso's comments because she has always supported her and other teammates. The accident at the Giant Slalom also added more fuel to the fire, and media showed that there was this big feud between the Olympic champions. Mancuso got lot of media attention after she made those comments, so I think that was probably why she did it. However, Vonn got more attention before because she appeared on the cover of the Sports-Illustrated and she was shown as America’s best woman skier ever. Even though Mancuso was a defending Olympic gold medalist, Lindsey got more media attention as the world champion, and for posing for Sports-Illustrated. I think both of them are very talented women who deserve equal attention.
http://www.nbcolympics.com/kntv/news/newsid=444224.html?_source=rss&cid=
Chinthani De Alwis
Kin 338I section 5
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