By Shelby Moquin [email protected] Whether you know it or not, ice skating is one of the most competitive industries in the world. It wouldn’t appear that way as the skaters glide across the ice, but we all know they fall at some points, and that their blades are even sharper. On the 20th of March, 2019, Korean figure skater Lim Eun-Soo’s calf was allegedly slashed American skater Mariah Bell. The International Skating Union addressed and investigated, and concluded that Bell did not harm/hurt Soo. Soo’s management team reports that Bell bumped into Soo on the ice during a warm-up, slicing the back of her calf with her skate’s blade. Bell then, reportedly, skated away without apologizing or acknowledging that she ran into Soo and continued to rehearse her routine. Soo came back in the competition, the World Figure Skating Championships, and placed fifth with her personal be score, while Bell landed in sixth. Does this remind you of something? In 1994, on January 6th Nancy Kerrigan was attacked by a man who was married to another skater, Tonya Harding. Following this attack, a consistency unraveled that baffled the world. Many people realized the similarity to the situation and started comparing Bell to Harding. Followers and viewers alike started attacking Bell on social media. Reports earlier from this year say that Bell has been bullying Soo for months. Adam Rippon, Bell’s choreographer and Olympic Gold-Medalist came to Bell’s defense on Twitter saying, “This article is clickbait. I’ve been to the rink multiple times and NO ONE has been bullying anyone. Stop creating ---- and spreading rumors. What happened in the warm up was an accident. Don’t distract both Eun-Soo and Mariah from the competition.”
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