Wow.
I get it. I totally get the love for figure skating. I’ve always enjoyed it. But this is my first world championships and it’s not disappointing.
What a dramatic, entertaining evening here at the Garden.
"If someone like Simone Biles can come forward and say 'I just can't do it,' it made me feel so much less alone and less ashamed really of my own thoughts," says @Kirsten_MT https://t.co/c54ivQzL2T
Canadian skater Madeline Schizas was asked last night what can be done to make sports healthier for young women. She credits her coaches for make skating positive. It’s always been about the journey, no pressure to make Olympics. Here’s part of what she said. #figureskating
Gracie Gold: "... my mind returned to the doping control room after my long program in Sochi. The room, which is usually uniformly set up to collect blood and urine samples in the same way no matter where in the world you are, felt different." https://t.co/fdG2ea1KiJ
EVERY athlete deserves a coach that encourages, supports and loves them. EVERY athlete deserves a coach that respects them and wants them to grow into amazing human beings not just a win medals. Athletes, if you have that, you have won the lottery. Never let it go.
Kamila Valieva should have been disqualified. Her coaches officially put under investigation & suspended. She should have been sent home to receive psychological support and be around her loved ones. Instead they used her as a pawn and made her crumble in front of the world
This is a moment where you genuinely have to say- that poor kid. She should not have ever been put in this position. She shouldn’t have been out on that ice, she shouldn’t have been put in a position where she became the face of a problem bigger than her.