Jennifer Kirk: Skating's Not-So-Secret Shame

[Tonichelle]

adreneline, probably more than anything, helps when the body is tired.

[Bennett]

She's far from the only one, though. I'm sure in many other sports (gymnastics for example) this type of behavior is rampant among the elite (and maybe even non-elite).

Yeah. She also did not look too exceedingly skinny compare to average elite or pro skaters. That's a scaring part. Then if a person manages to skate hard as well, it's difficult to tell seen from the outside whether or not the person is actually healthy. Hope skaters who secretly suffer get needed help.