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. ​"I can't say it surprises me, but it saddens me," said Duhamel, a two-time world pairs champion with partner Eric Radford. "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. Kaetlyn Osmond wins Skate Canada International0:30Russia's Yulia Lipnitskaya, who captured gold at the Sochi Olympics at just 15, wowing the crowd with her "Schindler's List" program, opened up lately about her battles with anorexia. Duhamel and Osmond praised Gold for putting her health first.

Source: CBC News October 30, 2017 17:37 UTC