'Her focus is solely on competing': Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn insists she's 'just friends' with Tiger Woods as rep denies reports pair are dating
By ESTHER BRADBURY and CASSIE CARPENTER
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She was first rumoured to be secretly dating disgraced golf star Tiger Woods last November.
But Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn's representative made it sound as though she was simply too focused on her career in a statement on Friday.
'Lindsey is currently in the midst of the World Cup season in Europe,' Vonn's representative told Us Weekly.
'Just friends': The two divorced world-class athletes, seen in April at a Tiger Woods Foundation event, have been rumoured to be dating since November
Single skier: Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn still insists that she and disgraced golfer Tiger Woods are 'just friends'
The spokesperson added: 'Her focus is solely on competing and on defending her titles and thus she will not participate in any speculation surrounding her personal life at this time.'
Last month, the pretty 28-year-old champion claimed that she and the 37-year-old golf pro were 'just friends.'
'My brother was the ski instructor for his kids this November in Vail. Guessing that's where it came from,' Lindsey told the Denver Post.
The blonde bombshell, who was on skis by age two, has a habit of keeping big secrets.
Too busy for love? The 28-year-old champion is currently in the midst of the World Cup season in Europe and her rep insists she's solely focused on her career
As she scored her first Olympic gold medal in 2010, Lindsey was secretly struggling with debilitating depression and a tough divorce from her husband of four years, Thomas Vonn.
She revealed to People: 'Everyone saw me on TV, or read articles, and it was all about my great marriage, the white picket fence, all this success and my perfect life. But behind the scenes, it was a struggle.'
The former couple met in Park City, Utah when she was 16 and he was a 25-year-old Olympic skiier himself.
'Everyone knows marriage is tough,' she said. 'But it just wasn't working, and it was making me miserable.'
Coy athlete: The blonde bombshell has a habit of keeping big secrets, including her debilitating depression and 2011 divorce from her husband of four years, Thomas Vonn
At her worst, Vonn's illness got so bad she couldn't get out of bed.
'I felt hopeless, empty, like a zombie,' she revealed. 'Because of my stubbornness, or shame of not wanting to admit something was wrong, I didn't do anything about it.'
Shockwaves were sent through the sporting world in December 2009 when it was revealed that Tiger had cheated on his wife Elin Nordegren with a string of women.
The Swedish supermodel and Tiger were married for five years, and they have two young children - five-year-old Samantha and three-year-old Charlie.
Back on top: Tiger's form has improved since he has been seeing the champion skier - after dropping out of the top 50 in 2011, his ranking is now back up to No. 2
His 32-year-old ex won a $110million divorce settlement after the shamed sportsman admitted to his infidelities.
Tiger's form has drastically improved since the incident. After dropping out of the top 50 in 2011, his ranking is now back up to number two.
Lindsey is one of only six women to have won World Cup races in all five disciplines of alpine skiing and has won 58 World Cup races in her career, and has won four overall World Cup championships – one of only two female skiers to do so.
The skiing superstar, who's also been linked to Tim Tebow, is also renowned for her beauty, appearing in Sports Illustrated's Olympic Swimsuit Edition in 2010 and making No. 59 on Maxim's Hot 100 list.
Serial cheater: Shockwaves were sent through the sporting world in December 2009 when it was revealed that Tiger had cheated on his wife Elin Nordegren with a string of women
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