An Australian TV commentator covering the PyeongChang Winter Games is being blasted on social media over some comments she made that many perceived to be racist — but she’s insisting her remarks weren’t racist at all. As Australia’s Herald Sun newspaper reports, the furor erupted when former Olympic skier Jacqui Cooper — who’s providing Winter Games...
- 2/16/2018
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
First-time filmmaker and former.aerial skier.Katie Bender tells If about bringing the story of Lydia Lassila to the screen.
"I looked up to Lydia from when I was 13 as a young gymnast. She was a few years my senior, and when I won a competition at her local gymnastics club she put a medal around my neck. At the time she had won national championships, and she became an inspiration for me".
"A couple of years later, she moved to my gym club and we started training in the same squad. So when she transitioned into aerial skiing, it planted a seed. We were very similar types of gymnast - only a certain breed goes into a sport like aerial skiing"..
"I ended up training with her on the Australian aerial ski team. There were about ten of us for the best part of seven years. She was again my senior,...
"I looked up to Lydia from when I was 13 as a young gymnast. She was a few years my senior, and when I won a competition at her local gymnastics club she put a medal around my neck. At the time she had won national championships, and she became an inspiration for me".
"A couple of years later, she moved to my gym club and we started training in the same squad. So when she transitioned into aerial skiing, it planted a seed. We were very similar types of gymnast - only a certain breed goes into a sport like aerial skiing"..
"I ended up training with her on the Australian aerial ski team. There were about ten of us for the best part of seven years. She was again my senior,...
- 3/10/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
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