Canadian skater a victim of U.S. sabotage: report

[SidDithers]

Canadian Olympic gold medallist Olivier Jean was the victim in an alleged case of sabotage involving the United States short-track speed skating team.

According to reports, U.S. coach Jae Su Chun ordered skater Simon Cho to tamper with Jean’s blades ahead of the 5,000-metre relay final at the 2011 world team championships in Warsaw, Poland.

“It is my darkest secret and I regret it,” Cho wrote to a teammate, according to court documents filed by 13 American skaters trying to have Chun fired for “unchecked abuse.”

Jean, who won relay gold at the Vancouver Olympics in 2010, told Radio-Canada Thursday that he discovered at the start line that his skate blade had been bent.

http://www.thespec.com/news/article/803807--canadian-short-track-speed-skater-olivier-jean-victim-of-u-s-sabotage-report

Cho and Chun should be banned from the sport.

Edit: NPR has covered this in detail:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/09/21/161485253/u-s-speedskater-accused-of-sabotaging-rival

Sid

[joeybee12]

1. I previously saw that 14 skaters had written saying Chun intimidated and

harrassed them...this is a whole new level...I'm willing to bet it's true since so many skaters are claiming such abuse.