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More skating abuse allegations

 
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flakfizer



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:01 am    Post subject: More skating abuse allegations Reply with quote

http://espn.go.com/olympics/speedskating/story/_/id/8380416/us-speedskaters-accuse-coach-jae-su-chun-vast-abuse

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A group of 14 U.S. speedskaters that includes five Olympic bronze medalists has boycotted the team, accusing the head coach and his two assistants of vast, unchecked abuse, according to newspaper reports.

In a Tuesday letter to U.S. Olympic Committee chief executive Scott Blackmun, the group's attorney demands an investigation so the speedskaters "are not denied their opportunity to participate in the upcoming World Cup international short-track competitions, free of abuse, both physical and mental, that they have suffered in the hands (literally) of Jae Su Chun and his two assistant coaches."


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The speedskaters, among them 2010 Vancouver bronze medalists Allison Baver, J.R. Celski, Alyson Dudek, Travis Jayner and Jordan Malone, say Chun and assistants Jun Hyung Yeo and Jimmy Jang have engaged in discrimination against women, inappropriate sexual conduct and have provided alcohol to minors.


The Russians also complained about their Korean coaches: http://www.bangkokpost.com/lite/news/259730/russia-fire-treacherous-korean-speed-skating-coach

Of course, Korean skaters were first to complain: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2004/nov/12/1

There seems to be some sort of pattern at work here.
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jvalmer



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Old school Korean coach in the new world. Doesn't work in the US and even doesn't work in Korea anymore. However, he has coached a fair number to gold medals, you can't deny his success.
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