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...weeks earlier, the drunk-driving arraignment of Olympic skating champion Oksana Baiul made the CBS Radio Network news...
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...
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...
What does a princess do after happily-ever-after? Oksana Baiul of Ukraine was Cinderella. The poor little orphan who slept at a run-down rink, practicing on uneven ice to qualify for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. There she defeated the sport's two dueling ice queens and was suddenly royalty herself. Baiul, at 16, was embraced by a worldwide audience hungry for miracles and was beloved by Americans who were willing to pay handsomely to see success stories. Baiul went to America to become perhaps the most highly paid newcomer in professional figure skating (with...
Discipline, however, is hardly the first requirement in the showy professional world. "It makes sense for an orphan to go for the bucks and kick back a bit," says Christine Brennan, author of Inside Edge, a best-selling book on skating. "But what Oksana did is equivalent to Tiger Woods' winning the Masters this year and saying, 'That's it, I'm leaving the P.G.A. Tour, and I'm going to play in pro-ams and exhibitions for the rest of my career.'" Brennan believes Baiul should have kept on a hard training routine for 1998 instead of settling...