Word: baiul
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Champion skater Oksana Baiul is a role model to many children around the world who aspire to reach the Olympics [SOCIETY, Jan. 27]. However, Baiul is only 19 years old, and she illegally drove her car while under the influence of alcohol. It is unfortunate that you decided to focus on the tale of an athlete turned sour rather than on the scary truth that many of our nation's youngsters are dying from driving while intoxicated. AREL SOLIE Portland, Oregon...
...Baiul's technique on the ice is pure poetry, but I think her Americanization may have led her to skate on thin ice. Maybe a trip back to her native Ukraine would help her over the perilous hurdles of the skating world. PATRICIA PURDIE Houston...
...Though Baiul has slacked off considerably in her professional career, it is not true, as one critic said, that professional competition isn't the real thing and is only "Broadway." One does not have to be in Olympic condition to compete and perform as a professional, but it certainly gives one an edge and garners the respect of the fans. Unfortunately, Baiul thought she could enter the pros and coast. What she must do--after her back is completely healed, of course--is go back to the gym, get on the ice and work hard. She has to realize that...
PLEADED NO CONTEST. OKSANA BAIUL, 19, effervescent Olympic-gold skater; to speeding; in West Hartford, Connecticut. Fined $90, she was ordered to undergo alcohol education...
Friends and associates believe Baiul will bounce back from this lapse. Says Bob Young, director of the skating center in Simsbury, where Baiul trains: "She realizes that maybe it's best to turn back to the people who have been there, who have gotten her where she is and know what's best for her." At the hospital, Young says, Baiul asked him, "What do I do to correct this mistake?" He adds, "There was no attempt on her part to say, 'Make it go away, can you make it better?' It was, 'Yes, I was driving. Yes, it happened...