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Very sad. Those young athletes are so vulnerable because they trust and respect their coaches, physios and doctors. They want to please them.
I think that those people who try to hush it up should be punished as well, they are a major part of the problem.
I think that those people who try to hush it up should be punished as well, they are a major part of the problem.
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Just remember that we still have Karel Fajfr coaching at the top level in our sport, despite the fact that 20 years ago he was convicted of abusing students.
See his Wikipedia page for more info and links to newspaper stories (in German).
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See his Wikipedia page for more info and links to newspaper stories (in German).
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From Wiki about Lloyd Eisler....
"Effective October 6, 2006, Eisler was suspended from coaching in Canada for a term of one year by Skate Canada after allegedly sending sexually suggestive e-mails to his 15-year-old student.[2] At the time of the ban, Eisler was coaching in California, where the Canadian ban did not apply.[1] He did not appeal the ban.[1] No criminal charges were ever filed.
Eisler is director of skating operations at the L.A. Kings Valley Ice Center in Panorama City, Los Angeles.[3]"
IMHO, anyone who hurts kids or animals is not dealt with harshly enough in our society..dont care if they are Catholic Priests, gym. coaches, skating coaches, or Michael Vick. Just sayin'
"Effective October 6, 2006, Eisler was suspended from coaching in Canada for a term of one year by Skate Canada after allegedly sending sexually suggestive e-mails to his 15-year-old student.[2] At the time of the ban, Eisler was coaching in California, where the Canadian ban did not apply.[1] He did not appeal the ban.[1] No criminal charges were ever filed.
Eisler is director of skating operations at the L.A. Kings Valley Ice Center in Panorama City, Los Angeles.[3]"
IMHO, anyone who hurts kids or animals is not dealt with harshly enough in our society..dont care if they are Catholic Priests, gym. coaches, skating coaches, or Michael Vick. Just sayin'
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Gymnastics and Skating are still an old boys sport where they'd rather protect their own than cause a scandal. Genrikh Sretenski has a job in China after being banned by the USFSA, because his good buddy Denis Petrov didn't think anything he did was wrong. And when confronted with the evidence that there are problems of abuse, the reactions are to go on the defensive. When the Indy Star story first came out right before the Olympics, Jonathan Horton's reaction was to call the story garbage and muckraking.
There is a reason that Sport Canada, the federal funding body in Canada, requires all funded national federations to have national coach certification programs with robust safety nets....
It was the 1990s....it was our national cycling team, and someone of very questionable ethics was in charge. And there weren't the standards, code of ethics, processes etc. to make it really possible for the female athletes who refused to be heard. Two went to the RCMP. The male cyclists went to their federation on their female colleagues' behalf.... And we can't say his name because he fought back with lawsuits while the female athletes were in a fearful situation. But he went on to a senior position in the US, and now other countries.....
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/the-price-athletes-pay/article769638/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/cycling/2013/03/01/doping-scandal-haunts-tammy-thomas/1958053/
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/1...ycling-report-doping-depressing-ignored-women
But there are still new cases of abuse brought forward...saw a speed skating one from a few years back tracking these down....
It was the 1990s....it was our national cycling team, and someone of very questionable ethics was in charge. And there weren't the standards, code of ethics, processes etc. to make it really possible for the female athletes who refused to be heard. Two went to the RCMP. The male cyclists went to their federation on their female colleagues' behalf.... And we can't say his name because he fought back with lawsuits while the female athletes were in a fearful situation. But he went on to a senior position in the US, and now other countries.....
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/the-price-athletes-pay/article769638/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/cycling/2013/03/01/doping-scandal-haunts-tammy-thomas/1958053/
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/1...ycling-report-doping-depressing-ignored-women
But there are still new cases of abuse brought forward...saw a speed skating one from a few years back tracking these down....
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