Self-fulfilling safe sport prophecy: What is cost of winning? | Bo Kruk

By Bo Kruk ( June 1, 2022, 8:38 AM EDT) -- The media’s almost myopic focus on Kamila Valieva’s positive doping results during the 2022 Winter Olympics overshadowed a far more fundamental value than integrity in sport — deficiencies in “safe sport.” Coaches may need to push their athletes to achieve peak performance, but the cold, cruel behaviour of Valieva’s coaches after her error-ridden program should have claimed the limelight and placed the need for athletes to be protected from all forms of harm centre stage. Improving safe sport means addressing a central paradox that has been unaddressed in favour of winning-at-any-cost....