Teenage figure skaters increasingly targeted by social media abuse as campaign launches
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By JAMES ELLINGWORTH
Teenage figure skaters as young as 13 are being increasingly targeted by abusive comments on social media, Olympic gold medalist Evan Bates has warned.
In a sport which has seen revived popularity since the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, Bates said some users were creating “toxic environments” around livestreamed events like Junior Grand Prix figure skating. That’s a key event for competitors aged 13 and older with dreams of becoming Olympians in the future.
“We’ve seen
Teenage figure skaters as young as 13 are being increasingly targeted by abusive comments on social media, Olympic gold medalist Evan Bates has warned.
In a sport which has seen revived popularity since the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, Bates said some users were creating “toxic environments” around livestreamed events like Junior Grand Prix figure skating. That’s a key event for competitors aged 13 and older with dreams of becoming Olympians in the future.
“We’ve seen
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