>> From the stories I used to hear about Bobek during her competitive
>> days, I used to think that she was burning through life at such a
>> reckless pace that she wasn't even going to live long enough to see
>> 30; if the drugs and drinking didn't get her, it was going to be AIDS
>> or something else. Well, since she's made it to 31, she proved me
>> wrong about that.... but geez, her life must be a wreck for her to
>> have gotten into this mess. :-(

Yeah, but young people often do crazy things. If I kept going like I
did in college--boy oh boy! Instead, I am a rural mother of three
military spouse who just celebrated her 15th wedding anniversary. None
of you knew me until I was 5 years out of college. So saying "Bobek
was wild when she was 20" really doesn't say anything.

I find this kind of perplexing, really. I recall a couple of years ago
there were news stories about Bobek having achieved normality after
skating, saving her money, not living the wild life. I wonder what
happened to that? I suppose it could have been spin at the time.

>> We did hear
>> about Wolfgang Schwarz but that's really the only case of
>> long-ago-famous skater making the news because of criminal charges
>> that I can recall. I'm willing to bet there are others out there we
>> just haven't heard about.

Perhaps. But Bobek is American and she skated with COI for years. It
all comes down to Bobek being American.

dej

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