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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SafeSport has just published a statement accusing US Figure Skating of promoting a culture of "grooming and abuse." It sounds like they are headed for a Karolyi ranch/Larry Nassar-esque nightmare like USA Gymnastics is currently dealing with.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2019/03/04/figure-skating-culture-grooming-abuse-probe-safesport/3053528002/

The article specifically mentions pairs skating. I don't find this hard to believe--the gold medalists in Pyeongchang were highly unusual in that Aljona Savchenko was 5 years older than Bruno Massot. Usually it's an older guy and a younger girl, and there's a shortage of male pairs skaters so they can get away with more bad behavior. It's a disaster waiting to happen. [/quote]

Katya Gordeeva by her own admission had sex with Sergei in the Olympic Village when she was 16 and he was in his 20s.

Oksana Baiul started drinking when she was a teen on the circuit with Stars on Ice and the other performers were adults or nearly drinking age.

Gracie Gold nearly lost her life; she was suicidal and has fought an eating disorder for years. Jenny Kirk has been open about how eating disorders are rampant in the sport.

All that being said, there's a lot of beauty, strength and prestige in the sport as well.

But let's be real. Unless your daughter is or will be capable of landing a throw *quad* jump, she doesn't have much of a chance of realizing her Olympic/World dreams. Do you get that that's where the levels are heading, that throw 3As and quads are now the standard?

American pairs were the first to land throw 3As and that quad Salchow, and don't have even World medals to show for it! It's insane.[/quote]

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