“I can’t say it surprises me, but it saddens me,” said Duhamel, a two-time world pairs champion with partner Eric Radford. “You don’t want anybody to have to experience something like that.”Canadian stars Kaetlyn Osmond and Meagan Duhamel can understand how an eating disorder can force a skater to back away from the sport, like American star Gracie Gold. REGINA—Consider the gossamer-thin dresses with tiny skirts, bright lights, judges, and dozens of cameras capturing every square inch of skin. “Skating is really hard, especially women’s skating where we’re judged in little tiny dresses,” said Osmond, who captured her second Skate Canada International title this past weekend. Duhamel and Osmond praised Gold for putting her health first.

Source: thestar October 30, 2017 16:52 UTC